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I remember that day well, you skipped work but didn’t let me skip a day of AP Chemistry for Baldy powder.

I never realized you were taking ski pics, I would have skied last more! Good write up and great pics

This, and comments like "I just don't think it's that interesting" completely miss the point. (For starters, the most interesting part isn't the shadow at all, it's the corona) As I tried to explain back in March when we talked about it in person, I am not an eclipse fanatic but a total solar...

That's quite a QPF there

Prime conditions for touring/hiking above Marte. Get Staley to drag you up Cerro Martin at a minimum, and Entre Rios if you're ambitious.

To the surprise of few (except snowboarders with minimal legal knowledge?) the lawsuit has been dismissed. From the Judge: Full decision is available here.

This is the case, yes. Hemlocks is controlled/bombed, and I have seen Mammoth patrol at the top of that ridge in the past on a powder day. That "gate" is also used by some people for back country access to the west and south.

We took the opportunity that a break in weather today provided to bag some fun lines off the Mammoth Crest today. There were 5 of us on this mission but only one had skied this area before. The Crest has the deepest snowpack in the immediate area, and stability is the most reliable here now. The...

This thread is now about how sick that air was that I stomped next to the Rasta's. :bow: (In a stylish blue and purple shell jacket/pant combo)

Better late than never I suppose. I don't have much in the way of pictures because we were too busy skiing. I am dumb and decided not to take out my GoPro on Tuesday. Perhaps that's why it ended up being so epic. Eddie was running his Contour most of the day, so I might get some screen...

If you have a Mountain Collective you don't need to go to the ticket window every day. Your first day, you must go to the season pass office where you are given essentially a season pass for the resort in question. You can fill out a credit card authorization form there as well. If you do so...

This is pretty much the core of the issue, I agree. But the majority of polling firms had the correct voter turnout models, as evidenced by the aggregation sites like 538 getting it right. Those that expected a close result or a Romney electoral college landslide (FOX news pundits) assumed...

The bold critique in particular doesn't make much sense to me. Silver gives every poll a weighting in his averaging, based on a number of factors that could be considered "quality of the data." Such factors include the history of the given polling firm (accuracy as well as precision), the...

Oh the sarcasm was loud and clear, you misunderstood my post. He sarcastically said, "more debt will fix June, just like it'll fix the country!" Since it is evident that debt service is a major issue for MMSA and the June situation by extension, he is of course implying that it makes no sense...

This is a big derail, but finance does not work that way. There is a fundamental difference when your debt is denominated in currency that you control and print.

I think it's an issue of collateral damage and ownership priorities. I agree that it's unlikely the June shutdown and permanent employee layoffs were planed, but that's not really relevant. The key issue is clearly the debt service, which is a result of corporate ownership over the last ~15...

http://www.mammothtimes.com/content/jun ... eason-gone Considering the 26 straight years of operation at a loss, this sure sounds like the death-knell for June. It's certainly unfortunate, as June provided a great relief valve. When weather at Mammoth during a storm was too much to run lifts...

They were year round employees, which mean they weren't people bumping chairs, directing traffic, flipping burgers, manning cash registers, or even driving snowcats. Non-seasonal positions at a ski resort are precisely the kind that aren't as easily replaceable. Training new employees costs...

Sounds like standard operating procedure for large businesses these days. Maybe they feel the investment in human capital isn't important, and figure the economy is still soft enough they can replace any personnel when demand returns.