Mammoth has received 400 inches of snow so far this season!! There has been epic skiing and riding all over the mountain and from what I hear we have some of the best snow around. As my boss at Mount Hutt would say “it’s a winter wonderland with wall to wall snow”. One of the […]
It has been quite exciting here in town as Mammoth Lakes locals Stacey Cook and Greg Bretz are competing in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver this week. Stacey will be competing in the Downhill, and Greg in the Snowboarding Halfpipe. Both of their events air at 8:30pm tomorrow (Feb 17) on NBC. Anyone that happens […]
Here’s a great photo from my early days skiing up at Whakapapa, NZ (that’s me third from the left). Skiing with friends was great and a fun way to learn. I often wonder though had we had a lesson how much faster we would have progressed? and then had even more fun!
Skiing mid week at Mammoth is fantastic! (especially in January). You will rarely encounter a queue and the trails are uncrowded. In fact I’ve heard people saying they wished there was a wait for the lifts so they could get a rest before the next run! And unlike some other resorts I’ve been to Mammoth […]
I get asked all the time whether to buy new skis or boots or continue to rent. Largely it depends on your budget and how often you ski. For me as a rule of thumb if you do one week or more a year seriously think about buying some boots. Rental stuff does the job […]
Here are 10 reasons to take a ski lesson: 1. If you have never skied before, a lesson can make a challenging day super easy, build confidence and allow you to develop at speed that suits you. You’ll also learn about the mountain, snow, weather, skier code etc… 2. Cut the queues. In a lesson […]
Went to go for a couple of runs today and ended up spending 5 hours skiing knee to waist deep powder. This would rate in my top 6 days ever. Up there with heli-skiing in New Zealand (I use to manage a helicopter company with some great perks!) There’s still a few days in the […]
So far we have had three feet of new snow in the last 24 hours and as I enjoy a Mammoth Epic IPA it’s still trucking it down outside. Some locals reckon we can expect another 10 feet in the next few days, time to breakout the fat skis and get a lesson on powder […]
Well it’s snowing which is fantastic, the minis I’m teaching tomorrow may well be up to their waists in fresh pow pow!!
I’m very excited to get my site up and running. I hope to provide some great content about skiing and getting lessons at Mammoth Mountain, and living in Mammoth Lakes. Look forward to more information and posts soon!
