SierraDescents | Tag | Mammoth Mountain
April 15, 2017
The Air Is Alive With Snow
I ski for many reasons, but for a sunny Southern California resident days like this are a rare treat indeed. Mammoth's record-setting 2017 winter continued this past spring break (more)
November 15, 2016
Mammoth Opens
Conditions out there, I know, are stormy—very, very stormy. We'll talk about skiing for now. For now. Mammoth has officially opened for the 2016-2017 season, making for a (more)
May 2, 2015
Mammoth in May
Here was my thought: what if I could pretend I was skiing in August, instead of May? Today's conditions would be pretty spectacular, I reasoned, if we were skiing in August, and (more)
April 5, 2015
Mammoth April Fools
That popping sound you hear is the sound of loose rocks pinging off the tips of my skis. Attentive viewers will notice the sound is nearly continuous. Welcome to winter 2015, (more)
February 17, 2015
2015 WWSRA Mammoth Mountain
It’s been hard, these past dry years, to think much like a ski buyer, but the makers have continued their work notwithstanding, and, snow or not, they’ve made some fantastic (more)
February 11, 2015
Mammoth Encased In Ice
Yes, I'd heard Mammoth Mountain saw rain virtually from top to bottom over the past few days, but some things you just have to see with your own eyes to believe. Holy Mr. (more)
December 22, 2014
Mammoth Wind
If the north wind is the scourge of the Sierra (as Mingori and Greenberg write) it is doubly so for isolated, treeless Mammoth Mountain. High winds and holiday crowds made for (more)
May 30, 2014
The Vertigo Machine
It is unlike any other chairlift I know of, and it scares the hell out of me every time I ride it. I'm talking of course about Mammoth Mountain's wonderful Chair 23, that aging (more)
April 20, 2014
Hangman’s June 2011
Going through old photos here, and this shot of Hangman's Hollow at Mammoth Mountain just floors me. This photo was taken June 12, 2011, and that entire cliff band along the (more)
May 4, 2013
Mammoth: Electrifying!
It was such a beautiful sunny morning here at Mammoth Mountain California, I was beginning to hope the forecast T-storms would fail to show. Nope: right around 11 a.m. things (more)
