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Pretty much what I think also. But it's hard for people to plan around the possibility. People I know are contemplating other non-Mammoth getaways. Plus many pass holders are blacked out for the holidays.
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California/Nevada 2020-2021 Mammoth/June Mt Ski Resorts/Conditions/Meetups
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Yep, I'm having a tough time trying to guess if/when Mammoth or any of the resorts opening or closing upcoming. The only thing I feel pretty confident is that Covid will be slowing down by next February so I expect most resort trying to stay open as long as possible before they close. I'm preparing for a lot of spring skiing next year
It’s crazy for sure. I understand the reasoning, but there needs to be better balance. Too many people are going to lose everything.
Unfortunately, the COVID-19 map I follow, which lists all the counties in the US by color code, shows Mono County with a COVID incidence of 46 cases/100,00 population as a 7 day moving average. That is quite high, exceeded only by several So CA counties, and very bad for the small community hospital in Mammoth Lakes. Importing more cases from So CA right now would be a very bad thing. There's no easy solution.
Skied mammoth this weekend. good groomers, fun windblown snow in the gullies, but very low tide conditions. Cautious, defensive skiing required off piste; skis will eventually find rocks (and I had to try my new skis). No lift lines. With the continued lodging ban, town was eerily quiet for a weekend in January.
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Skied Mammoth all week, low tide up top for sure....but the groomers were killer
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breezy @ Mammoth this morning
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Just noticed this on OpenSnow.... I hope it pans out for you all!
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I just called ICON. If I understand correctly, sometime end of April for those who deferred there pass can reapply their pass money for next year and start skiing end of April as part of the following year. Hopefully, this holds true because skiing is still good in May sometimes June up there
OpenSnow update... looks like a very promising cycle...
No. The rest area is likely closed for the season.
Mammoth reported 40-50" yesterday, so more like 4 feet officially so far. But I don't think they've updated the overnight, and 2-4 more feet today are predicted - they could get to 8 feet, especially up top, which is crazy.
Reports I saw said they only ran chairs 8 and 15 on Thursday, which are (mostly) too flat for such deep snow, and 395 was closed S of Topaz Lake and just N of Bishop. Edited to add another report from early this morning said "only chairs 7, 8, 15, 17, running, the snow was to deep and not enough pitch. I'm guessing 60" of new snow has fallen in the last 24 hrs."
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Mammoth updated the total with the overnight snow... now reporting 64-76" from this storm.
They also have this as the front page image, which I find interesting:
They also have this as the front page image, which I find interesting:
Wow... I'm not sure I could have any fun in that... likely to get stuck myself I think. I started a thread a while back about "too much powder".
When is powder TOO deep?
Just read an article on Powder (http://www.powder.com/stories/features/scenes-biggest-winter-generation/), and it contained this anecdote about Mammoth last year: After 104 inches in five days, the upper mountain opened on January 24 under blue skies.... I got in the gondy line early and... was...
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