Mammoth, CA, Report: “Balls To The Wall” Chute on a Cold, Windy, Sunny Mid-Winter Powder Day on May 7th Report from May 7, 2023 Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain Today was a powder day at Mammoth Mountain, CA. Maybe we should still call it a mini-powder day? It felt like a legit powder day. We waited for Chair 2, starting at 8:20 am and were the 12th chair. We bolted straight for the mid-station of the gondola and […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 7, 2023 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA, Report: Full on Winter Snow & Good Times on May 6th Report from May 6, 2023 Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain “I’m leaving for the mountain at 8:30am.” – Dwanis at 8am today “Looks like you’re going solo.” – Me at 8am today It looked rough out there this morning. 16ºF Foggy White out 2-3″ of new now Windy We ended up negotiating a 9 am departure. It did […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 6, 2023 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA Report: Winter Persists With Cinco De Mayo Fun All Over The Mountain in Sun, Cloud, Cold, & Wind Report from Cinco de Mayo, 2023 Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain We got out early to Mammoth Mountain, CA today. We waited starting at 8:20am at Chair 2. It was cold. We shivered and complained. Windy. Chair 2 opened at 8:50am and we got blasted by wind and fog on the way up. The groomer skiing was great. We […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 5, 2023 1 Comment
Sierra Nevada, CA Report: Earthquake Dome’s “Wiggle-Bottom” Chute Report from Cinco de Mayo, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism While skiing at Mammoth Mountain, CA this morning we noticed some cool, short, spicy-looking chutes across the valley. Mammoth, CA Report: Winter Persists With Cinco De Mayo Fun All Over The Mountain in Sun, Cloud, Cold, & Wind We joked about skiing them but weren’t sure there […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 5, 2023 1 Comment
Brain Post: Cinco de Mayo is NOT Mexican Independence Day It’s often thought that’s Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day. It’s not. Mexican Independence Day is on Sept. 16th. The reason behind the celebration is the unlikely victory of the Mexican army over the French Army (at the time the most powerful in the world) in the city of Puebla, Mexico on May 5th 1862 when 4,000 Mexican soldiers were able to defeat 8,000 French soldiers at the […] Brains Miles Clark | May 5, 2023 7 Comments
Mammoth, CA Report: Full-Throttle Epic Mini-Powder Day After 7″ of New Snow Report from May 3, 2023 Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain Yesterday, we experienced a full-throttle epic mini-powder day at Mammoth Mountain, CA. It’s difficult to express how much fun we had here yesterday… We skied scary lines off Huevos Grande (proper Spanish would be “Huevos Grandes”) that we hadn’t skied since 2006. We skied bizarre knife-edge ridge runs down the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 4, 2023 1 Comment
Mammoth, CA Report: Mini-Powder Day After 550-Mile Drive from Park City, UT Via The Clown Motel Report from May 2, 2023 On Monday, May 1, 2023, I drove from Park City, UT to Mammoth Lakes, CA. The drive was spectacularly gorgeous. Nevada is green, full of snow, and its dry lake beds have water. The view of the Sierra as you roll over the final hills is stunning. The White Mountains also took my breath away. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 2, 2023 0 Comments
Park City, UT Closing Weekend Report: Hand-Dragging a Slush Wiggle Paradise at 60ºF Report from April 29 & 30, 2023 Park City, UT’s closing weekend was a wicked scorcher. 60ºF? Warmer? But the snow was still good. The wiggle was crazy fun. Only 3 lifts were open and we stuck to Cresent. Cresent boasts 1,700-vertical-feet and quite a few options. Makes sense that it’s one of the only chairs left rockin’. The slush […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 30, 2023 0 Comments
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