Patrick
Well-known member
JUNE 29
And my ski season moves elsewhere.
Here is a quick report from those within a Day-drive that aren't sure what to expect.
Yes, Mammoth is open until July 4th.
Temps at the summit was 40F and 64F at the base when I finished my last run. Skiing ends at 1pm.
Day started off at 8:30am, I was tired for yesterday drive for Las Vegas. Also I know from experience that I cannot go all out (especially in High Altitude) wihtout paying the price later on. I'll be at Mammoth until closing the closing on July 4th.
Ah yes, yesterday drive from Las Vegas > Hoover Dam > Lake Mead > Valley of Fire > stunk in traffic for maybe 2 hours on I-15 east of Vegas(accident / travel less than 2 miles during this time) > Vegas toward Beatty-Big Pine-Mammoth LAkes. Total time: 12 hours. I actually left Vegas at 5pm and got to Bishop at 10pm. Didn't stop to eat during that time, that road is in the middle of nowhere. Even the Cottontail Brothel is out-of-business. :shock:
I made it to Mammoth at 10:45pm, I stop to grab a pizza on the go in Bishop. Ah yes, I remember Tony talking about my driving between Jackson and SLC last winter, he said I was being conservative with the 85mph (speed limit) that I was driving. Well, guess what? I was stopped by the police right after I arrived on highway 395 (between Big Pine and Bishop). This could have cost me mucho dollares. I think I was driving around 80mph, but contraly to Nevada where the speed limit was 75mph, here it was at 65mph. :roll:
GIVE US THE REPORT MAN!!!
Nice marsh potato snow, bottom groomer were firm until 10am maybe.
I was able to ski the fun stuff on the top. Climax and Cornice (groomed) were the most popular. Hangman were for the diehard. The margin for error is fairly low, the hourglass is probably 10ft wide. Entry is tricking, however it was fun and it was pure adrenaline.
Where was my helmet? :roll:
Hike up above chair 23 twice.
Drop Out was also good, however I didn't ski it from the top, I prefer hiking to Wipe Out and skiing it (right of chair correct?). Wipe Out 2 look nice, however you need to walk over to the snow. Same for the Paranoids that are now 3 distinctive runs.
The bottom of Broadway was fine although a bit grabby at the end of the day. What do you want, this is almost July after all. Last run at 1:02pm was on Climax, the run had become grabby, but summer skiing on snow is definitely better than sand. :shock:
That's it, my internet use is almost up.
Here are the stats for Tony (sorry, it's in metric). :lol:
14 runs
Time: 4:35
Descent 6260m (1m=3.3ft) 79m/min
Ascent 52m/min. :shock: Gondola is running at reduce speed approx 15min ride.
And my ski season moves elsewhere.
Here is a quick report from those within a Day-drive that aren't sure what to expect.
Yes, Mammoth is open until July 4th.
Temps at the summit was 40F and 64F at the base when I finished my last run. Skiing ends at 1pm.
Day started off at 8:30am, I was tired for yesterday drive for Las Vegas. Also I know from experience that I cannot go all out (especially in High Altitude) wihtout paying the price later on. I'll be at Mammoth until closing the closing on July 4th.
Ah yes, yesterday drive from Las Vegas > Hoover Dam > Lake Mead > Valley of Fire > stunk in traffic for maybe 2 hours on I-15 east of Vegas(accident / travel less than 2 miles during this time) > Vegas toward Beatty-Big Pine-Mammoth LAkes. Total time: 12 hours. I actually left Vegas at 5pm and got to Bishop at 10pm. Didn't stop to eat during that time, that road is in the middle of nowhere. Even the Cottontail Brothel is out-of-business. :shock:
I made it to Mammoth at 10:45pm, I stop to grab a pizza on the go in Bishop. Ah yes, I remember Tony talking about my driving between Jackson and SLC last winter, he said I was being conservative with the 85mph (speed limit) that I was driving. Well, guess what? I was stopped by the police right after I arrived on highway 395 (between Big Pine and Bishop). This could have cost me mucho dollares. I think I was driving around 80mph, but contraly to Nevada where the speed limit was 75mph, here it was at 65mph. :roll:
GIVE US THE REPORT MAN!!!
Nice marsh potato snow, bottom groomer were firm until 10am maybe.
I was able to ski the fun stuff on the top. Climax and Cornice (groomed) were the most popular. Hangman were for the diehard. The margin for error is fairly low, the hourglass is probably 10ft wide. Entry is tricking, however it was fun and it was pure adrenaline.
Where was my helmet? :roll: Hike up above chair 23 twice.
Drop Out was also good, however I didn't ski it from the top, I prefer hiking to Wipe Out and skiing it (right of chair correct?). Wipe Out 2 look nice, however you need to walk over to the snow. Same for the Paranoids that are now 3 distinctive runs. The bottom of Broadway was fine although a bit grabby at the end of the day. What do you want, this is almost July after all. Last run at 1:02pm was on Climax, the run had become grabby, but summer skiing on snow is definitely better than sand. :shock:
That's it, my internet use is almost up.
Here are the stats for Tony (sorry, it's in metric). :lol:
14 runs
Time: 4:35
Descent 6260m (1m=3.3ft) 79m/min
Ascent 52m/min. :shock: Gondola is running at reduce speed approx 15min ride.
/ However to get away from the people I might think of hiking toward Scotty's and the Noids. :twisted: 
