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Already better then last year-a few pics from mammoth

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#1 ·
well, it's not been a fantastic year here in California but Thanksgiving weekend this year was better then January last year! I wasn't going to post any pics as they're really not so hot..... but after seeing some pics of what Colorado looks like? I figured any snow is better then no snow and I'd share some minor stoke. Note, I suck as a photographer and all I have is a crappy iPhone.

Y'all in canada and the PNW can shut the hell up about your powder! If the sierras don't see some serious snow soon I'll be headed up that way. I have the month of January off work and I will find some damn snow if it kills me.



Wedsensday sucked hard. My first day of the season and it was raining. I did two runs and said fuck this! No pix lol.

Thursday and Friday were pretty good riding. No powder but carvable hard pack and fast groomers. This dude was ripping it up, and jumping over the rocks. I wish I was as good as he was. These two are from inside the gondola :D



Good Morning!! I never get sick of this view.


Some runs on the back side....
 
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#2 ·
On saturday I decided to skip the resort and day trip to mono lake. Did some meditation, some yoga and then got my car dirty :D





sunday I rode the back side of the mtn. Had it almost to myself. Nice spot for a smoke break eh?

 
#10 ·
Being from the midwest I just cant comprehend a 3 foot snow fall.
3" is a average storm here and people get goofy to ride in that.

Just another reason to try to plan a family trip to a real mountain. You guys enjoy, our local hills made as much snow as possible to see mid 50s today and possibly a high of 60 tomorrow. This could be a record temperature for December for us...
 
#15 ·
Being from the midwest I just cant comprehend a 3 foot snow fall.
Naw man,.. I remember when I was a kid in the 70's,.. We were diggin' out of 3 ft. of shit all the time! Shit,.. school didn't even close unless we got 2ft.+ overnight!!! Global warming my man,.. Global Warming! ;) :cheeky4:

3" is a average storm here and people get goofy to ride in that..
Goofy??? Hell, I was pissin' myself with excitement at the chance to get out & ride 1200 ft of man made, ice covered cement last week!!! :dunno: :rolleyes:

(...& I'm equally depressed that 60° temps F%$#ed THAT up!!!!)
 
#12 · (Edited)
Was on the mountain from 9 to 4 yesterday - Snowed lightly all day but winds were really bad and heavy fog at 9000 feet and above made it really tough to see. However they opened up Facelift (lift 3) at about noon and it was awesome - tons and tons of pow. Must of gone up and down that 8 times trying to improve my pow skills. High winds limited much of the mountain - I think only 4 lifts opened yesterday.

I was about to head out today but saw that only the lower gondola was open due to wind. I think they opened up two others but then closed them shortly thereafter, so only only the gondola was running! Too bad - it was snowing like crazy all day. Tomorrow is supposed to clear up - hoping for a partial bluebird day with tons of pow and more runs open.

Attached pic is at 2 pm this afternoon - big wet flakes still comin down in town. I am guessing that the mountain is getting dumped on right now. More for tomorrow!
 

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#14 ·
I was about to head out today but saw that only the lower gondola was open due to wind.

today wasn't too bad. The only thing open was lower gondola. You can always ride down to chair two lot and hop the parking shuttle back to main. A lot of people were doing that. I did a ton of laps on mambo and broadway thru the trees. Fresh tracks each time down, Ive had much windier days but visabilty was poor.

Are you riding tomorrow? I sent you my number, text me if you want to ride. wonder how long it will take for them to get everything open.
 
#16 ·
This sums up the extent of the storm that hit Mammoth this past weekend.

First pic was taken at the top of Mammoth last week (11/26 to be exact). See the totem pole with the Mammoth sign on it.

Second pic was from the same place this morning (Sunday Dec 2) - the Ski Patrol person is SITTING on the pole! That's 5 or 6 feet of POW!
 

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#23 ·
Pretty awesome day. Fresh tracks and Bluebird until about 3 pm when the next storm rolled in and it started snowing again (see first pic below)! Big storm coming tonight and through the weekend! More pow! Get your snorkel and surfboards out!
 

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#24 ·
man, Im sitting at work just pissed off. Pay back from all the pix I texted to people when I was up there last week I guess!


Im tempted to go up this weekend but I know saturday will be a zoo and I have some shit down here I need to deal with...sigh....
 
#27 · (Edited)
Zombaco and I were up there yesterday. He might post some pics, I didn't take any because it was too cold to take my gloves off!!! Face shots and wind buff were had by all!! We did some stuff off chair 9--Dragons Back (Zom, was that dragons back? Im so bad with trail names!) was deep fluffy pow <3 Pure awesome. Then we lapped the wind buff on chair 5 and then hit up the top. Discretion is the better part of valor and he probably saved me from certain death. I owe him one. :laugh::laugh::laugh:


When you headed back? Today is my last day at work for they year and I'm trying to decide when to go back...I was going to head back up Sunday morning and stay until new years but now Im thinking of waiting out the next storm and showing up when the sun comes out. If they don't have the top and back side open it's going to be just fucking nuts with the holiday crowds. I'll wait it out til the top opens.

Anyway, if anyone else is headed to mammoth PM me and we can hook up and ride. I got a place up there and a pass so it's just a matter of when I want to drive and how much holiday crowd bullshit I can handle
 
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I'm up here bro - got back yesterday. Hit me up - let's ride.

How long you staying? Did you get my pm, I sent you my number and Im a textaholic. I was going to head up sunday morning but I uh got...a hot date lined up for xmas day. I have not commited either way (date or mammoth) because Im a bitch like that lol.

I can't believe I am considering delaying a snowboard trip for a boy but you know how it goes...p.s. Im a chick but I love love love getting called bro. For real :D
 
#31 ·
Here's a couple photos from the trip Mixie and I took yesterday. It was fucking windy! Sustained winds at the summit between 45-50mph with gusts over 60. Best part of that was free refill wind buff pow shots all day long on the upper mountain (front side)

Dave's from top of Chair 9

Mountainous landforms Snow Mountain Geological phenomenon Sky


Dragon's Back top and blustery

Sky Snow Winter Mountain Light


Dragon's Back lower

Snow Winter Geological phenomenon Piste Freezing


Dragon's Back Traverse from Chair 9. It was a bit tracked out, but still just below knee deep

Mountainous landforms Mountain Geological phenomenon Mountain range Ridge


Chair 5- fresh refills ALL DAY. Ankle to mid shin deep. By the time we got back to the top, our tracks were already covered back up. Thanks windbuff! I really liked the rollers through the trees on the left

Mountainous landforms Snow Mountain Mountain range Hill station


Chair 3. Far ridge the summit- Climax to Cornice Bowl to Wipeout Chutes and Chair 23. And lots of blowing snow

Snow Geological phenomenon Piste Winter Sky


Santiago Bowl on the left, and Hemlock on the right. Hemlock is one of my goals to ride by the end of the season. Very steep on the left and mellows a little bit going lookers right. Plus it's a bootpack up the ridge from Santiago

Snow Winter Mountain Mountainous landforms Sky


Halfmoon shot over the ridge, coming up the backside on Chair 13

Snow Winter Sky Nature Tree


Main lodge looking up

Snow Winter Piste Sky Geological phenomenon


Sunsetting blowing snow over Dave's run and Huevos Grande (the vertical strip of snow above the sign with the cliff band across)

Snow Sky Mountainous landforms Mountain Mountain range
 
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Chair 3. Far ridge the summit- Climax to Cornice Bowl to Wipeout Chutes and Chair 23. And lots of blowing snow
that's chair 5. We didn't ride chair 3 yesterday. You're never gonna get them straight are you? It's ok :laugh: No wait, I think Im reading your captions wrong. You got the chairs right. YAY!!!!


So according to NWS monday is gonna be the bluebird pow day? hm....This is gonna be a tough decision on what exactly I want to ride :laugh:


ah, the slow signs. Don't those really mean ride as fast as possible right up until you get to the sign then skid to a stop?
 
#40 ·
I love it!!! Californias as such weather wusses!! Myself included, though I will ride in a storm. Hm, maybe I will head up tomorrow morning after all. I don't mind riding nothing but the lower mountain if it's not packed and visibillity is decent.
 
#47 ·
Dayum it is fucking puking snow. I just got here. First time I've had awd in snow like this. My little subie is a beast! I feel horrible for all the Mean things I said about it being gutless and handling like a shopping cart. My previous car was a sport coupe so I was judging the poor forrester harshly.

That said i will be out for first chair tomorrow so anyone want to hook up and make some turns text me! Or pm me with phone number etc.


I will have the same thing on as in the pic zombaco posted.

Black pants. Orange and blue plaid jacket purple boots. Yes I know it's a fashion disaster. I only dress well in the spring when it's warm. Oh and I'm a midget.


Also if anyone needs a place to stay there's room in my condo. 40 a night
 
#48 ·
I'll be there again tomorrow, maybe we can meet up, I can't stand my mom and brother anymore, they make everything miserable. I have a bright green helmet, blue jacket, bright green pants and 2013 flux dmcc light bindings. I have yet to see anyone with these bindings so that alone lets you know it's me. Ill probably be around chair 12 a lot. Really deep over there.
 
#49 ·
I'm going up Wed 16th through Mon 21st next week. Anyone else going to be up next week / weekend?

Mixie passed along the Mammoth Snowman's Pics to me the other day. All shot from Jan 8th. I hope some of those bumps get covered soon, or it's gonna be a mogul lesson trip.


Two of my goals to ride this season, preferably after a storm without moguls-

Paranoids:


And Hangman's Hollow:
 
#53 ·
Pretty good. All packed stuff obviously but there is a huge base. All the runs are pretty much open. Some patches of wind swept areas near the top can be a bit slick but not too bad.

Been bluebird for the past week - forecast says another week of bluebird on the way. I wouldn't mind another pow storm, but bluebirds are so nice.
 
#55 ·
Conditions are still good. Smooth groomers on packed pow, off piste is tracked out and lumpy but still some good stuff in the trees. The top is mostly moguled, but softens as the day goes on with the warmer temps right now. Winds have calmed down, so not much in the way of fresh wind buff. The parks are top notch as always. Took my first ever laps in the pipe yesterday, fun and bit more difficult than I thought. A good challenge for me for sure. I think it's been a week since the last storm of significance, so it could use another coat of snow, but don't think that'll come til mid / end of the next week.

Beautiful bluebird days (definitely need sunscreen) and the views are amazing. The sherwins and mammoth crest looked really good from chair 25 yesterday. One of these days gotta get my bc shit together and explore those areas.
 
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Whats good off the top? I plan to hit up the parks on Tue and Wed with my NEW FUCKING BINDINGS YEAH!!! Not sure if I'll hit the pipe (not the one made of snow anyway)

We need to plan some trips for Feb, I am only working part time and Im on storm watch fo sho.... I think need to ask permission. Or maybe just make the man come with me. :blink: I think he has ZERO interest in learning to board...fml.
 
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