In the last week or so temperatures at Mammoth Lakes have dropped and it feels like winter is not that far away. In fact, Mammoth Mountain plans to be open in two weeks today, fingers crossed. Snow making started on Broadway a couple of days ago and hopefully mother nature brings us some snow tomorrow […]
After waking up to a balmy 21F (-5C) it was no surprise that the guns had been going all night and nothing has melted.
The snowmaking has begun!
Howling winds and freezing rain last night added a bit of snow to the top! It’s definitely starting to feel less like fall and more like winter…
In part one I looked at ways to do some pre season training that simulated real skiing. Most of these involved some expensive equipment or a fair degree of risk hurting yourself. This article will look at some other (perhaps more realistic) things you can do to get into shape for skiing. Here’s a few […]
Winter is not for away and you have to get in shape for the season ahead, right? Unless you are a hemisphere hopper and chase the snow around all year, you are going to have to prepare on ‘dry land’. So to come up with some ideas I did a bit of reaserch on the […]
In my last post I mentioned some snow was in the forecast. Here are some pictures from yesterday up at the mountain. Should be enough to get anyone excited, except for those that don’t like snow of course! I arrived back a week ago. A week can be a long time in politics but as […]
The official opening date for Mammoth Mountain is November the 11th. That is just over one month away! Of course this is dependant on mother nature giving us some snow or cold enough temperatures to allow the snow making team to make the stuff. As I look out my window now it’s raining so I’m […]
After seven flights and several stopovers catching up with friends and family I have finally made it back home to Mammoth, oversized ski bag in tow. I got a few weird looks at the airport due to my winter luggage, looking a little out of place in the 80 degree heat. It was great to […]
Usually there are two main reasons Mount Hutt goes on ‘hold’. First, it is sometimes windy. And second, the road sometimes needs to be cleared of snow. Well, on Saturday there was a new reason, a strong 7.1 earthquake that hit Canterbury cut off power to the hill. Luckily in Methven the quake only caused […]
