For this weeks Show Us Your California contest by @socalsteemit I take you to another beautiful ski resort here in California...
Mammoth Mountain!!
So far I've showed you Snow Valley, Snow Summit, and Bear Mountain. All three of which are in the San Bernardino mountain range. Today we'll be heading north up route 395 to the eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range.
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Mammoth Mountain was founded by Dave McCoy in 1953 and is the highest ski resort in California with a summit height of 11,059 ft (3,371 m)! The resort is quite large and features 28 chair lifts, 3,500 acres of skiable terrain, and a variety of runs for all skill levels. The huge amount of snowfall Mammoth receives each year gives it one of the longest ski seasons in North America. Combine all that with the epic scenery of the High Sierra and it's easy to see why Mammoth Mountain is such a popular winter destination!
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My mom, my uncle, and I try to ski at Mammoth Mountain every winter. They always get a season pass, and now I've started getting one too. And my mom has a friend with a condo there in Mammoth Lakes that we are lucky to be able to book for a really reasonable price. Which is very nice. So far this winter I've got four days of snowboarding in up there. I'd like to get a few more in, but for financial reasons it's looking pretty unlikely for me right now. But who knows. Either way I can't complain. The days I've gotten in so far have been epic!!
Staying warm in the condo
Morning views from the condo
Our condo is closest to the Canyon Lodge and we have a locker there to store stuff in so that's where we always start and end our days. Where we ski can change depending on the weather and the snow conditions, but usually we start out on chair 8. Then after a few warm up runs we'll catch chair 22 and head over to ride chair 9 for awhile. Then over to chair 5. From there more options open up and we might ride chair 1, or chair 3, or maybe take the gondola and go right up to the top! Depending on how long we spend hitting the runs on top we can also drop off the backside of the mountain from there. And if the snow is good back there we'll ride chair 14 for awhile before working our way back to Canyon lodge for some lunch.
Riding chair 8 in the morning
Views from chair 22
Mom at the top of chair 22
Mom skiing down to chair 9
Riding up chair 9
Selfie on 'Ricochet'
Riding chair 23 to the top
The top of Mammoth Mountain
Views off the backside
Lunch time at Canyon Lodge
The food there is fairly pricy so we usually bring our own lunch and a few beers and just stash it in our locker until lunch time. We like to ski hard all morning and take a late lunch. So after lunch we're usually more laid back and we just kinda cruise around the mountain for the last couple hours. After a long day of snowboarding your legs can get pretty tired, but I usually like to ski all the way to the end of the day.
Mom with the top of Mammoth mountain behind her
Mom skiing into the bottom at Main Lodge where Woolly, the skiing mascot, is there greeting kids!
Every trip up there is loads of fun and this year has been no exception. Beautiful days and excellent snow. A trip to Mammoth Mountain is always a blast!! But before you grab your skis and race up to the slopes there is one more thing I'd like to impress upon you today. If the weather is bad, and there is any snow and or ice on the road please... PLEASE... drive slow and safe! If you don't have 4wd and snow tires and/or chains just wait until the storm is over and the road is plowed. It's better to be safe then sorry. Be safe, and be prepared, and don't end up upside down like this poor lady did...
I hope you have enjoyed this weeks glimpse into My California!
Get out there, have fun, drive safe, and until next time...
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What a stunning place! It's nice to hear that you go there with your family. Getting a seasonal pass is probably much cheaper so it is a good choice! I wish I could do more stuff with my parents..
I'm surprised that it doesn't look that crowded there. Did you go there during the weekdays?
Skiing all morning must be tough so it's clever that you're just cruising around for the rest of the day. The food in the mountains here is also very price and it's better to bring your own as the quality is not necessarily good either.
Oh, poor lady! I hope nothing happened to her. I wouldn't even see a road there if you didn't mention it :)
Thank you for sharing and have a great weekend!
The season pass is much cheaper. And it's good for a bunch of resorts not just Mammoth. So besides my 4 days at Mammoth I've got in 3 more days at the Big Bear Resorts. So I've got 7 days on my pass so far. So I've already saved well over $100.
I'm really lucky to have my mom and uncle who are into skiing and hiking and all that kinda outdoor stuff just like me. We have a lot of fun together.
Yes, we try to ski only weekdays because the weekends get very crowded. Even on such a big mountain with lots of lifts the lines can get quite long. If we want to ski a weekend we'll drive 45minutes from Mammoth to June mountain and ski there. Our season passes work there too. It's a much smaller resort but it's still very nice and it's usually less crowded.
The snow is usually the best quality in the morning so that's why it's "go, go, go" all morning. We wanna take advantage of the nicer conditions while they last.
The lady was ok luckily. It was really hard to see the highway. It was almost a complete white out. And even while we were stopped helping this lady people were flying by us at high speeds with no chains or snow tires... I thought for sure I was gonna see someone die that day. There was a big rig and 2 other trucks that slid off the highway, but luckily no one we saw was badly hurt.
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I would so like to camp over there for few months
Same here. I love it up there!
Wow, beautiful pictures. It would be wonderful to live close to something like that. I need to get out of ILLINOIS!
Thanks @blueeyes8960! Mammoth is a 5.5 hour drive for me, so not exactly close. But totally worth it! I've never been to Illinios. I do like the album Sufjan Stevens made about it though. Bunch of good songs on there!
wow your photos are incredible, I would like to know the snow some day
Thank you @merryslamb! The snow is awesome as long as you're prepared!
WOW that is a massive ski resort and the condo looks a nice place to stay there when you visit the ski fields
It's a huge mountain. You could ski all day and never do the same run twice! And we are really lucky to be able to get that condo. It definitely beats the Motel 6!
Judging by the photos, you guys really enjoyed. I want to try to ski in the future. Thanks for sharing your experience with us and Have a great week ahead!
Oh ya, we definitely enjoyed it! Always do. You should totally try skiing, it's so much fun!
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wow beautiful place my friend.. awesome photographs..
Thanks for share with us..
Wow beautiful place
My friend.. awesome photographs..
Thanks for share with us..
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Really beautiful place wish we could ski there one day :) Monika loves skiing since she was a child and I would have to remember all the moves, but I think skiing is like bike riding. Once you learn it, you'll remember it.
Awful accident, hope the lady was in a better state than her car.
It is a lot like riding a bike. I'm sure you'd be good to go after a couple warm up runs!
Luckily that lady was not injured more than just some minor scratches, bumps, and bruises.
I been up to Big Bear a couple times but have not got the chance to visit Mammoth Mountain yet. It is tuff taking long road trips with the little ones in the car.
Ya, Mammoth is pretty dang far. I love going to Big Bear too. I'm hoping to get up there a few more times this winter.
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The photos are great, the resort looks amazing and the snow quality looks fabulous. That is a fair old height up there to so I guess you are guaranteed a full season, unlike us in Romania.
The rolled car is a tad scary though. I hope she was ok.
Nice job, Gaz.
Thanks Gaz! Mammoth is really awesome. They can get a ton of snow. I've seen the whole town just buried. Some years they are still skiing into July!! That whole drive back through that storm was a bit intense. Luckily that lady didn't seem to have any major injuries. There was also a big rig truck and 2 other vehicles that had slid off the highway and were stuck out in the snow. At least they stayed on there wheels though.
Wow. That kind of traffic situation is a little alien to me growing up in the UK. I currently live in Romania and their weather situations are more set up for it. In the UK everything just shuts down after a bit of snow. Your situation seems pretty extreme though.
The resort looks amazing and 3000 odd meters is impressive. No wonder you can ski in July.