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Mammoth Mountain has been open for 6 days now and the snow is holding up pretty well. It’s been too warm the last couple of nights to make snow and I’d have to say conditions are rather spring-like with beautifully warm temps during the day. I took some photos today of different parts of the […]

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Here’s some updated pictures as promised of the snow at Mammoth. It looks really good especially when compared with last week. As I drove up the hill they were packing the snow down at Stump Alley (Chair 2) with groomers so that may open for the weekend. They were also bombing cornice bowl so I’ll […]

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There were some familiar sights and sounds around Mammoth today after we got a few inches of snow in the town and a foot or so up the Mountain. From last week where it felt like summer I now feel it’s definately winter. Mammoth opens on Thursday and the word on the street is that […]

Filed under: Kids, Skiing by Kiwi Ski

This is the first post in a series I am going to write called Kids and Skiing 101. Taking your children skiing can be daunting, especially for the first time, but it can also be very rewarding. Skiing should be fun for the whole family so hopefully if you take your children skiing you will […]

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Just drove back from Reno to Mammoth tonight in a bit of a snow storm. There is about an inch outside my house and it is snowing reasonably heavy. Will post a further update tomorrow, exciting!

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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 […]

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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 […]

Filed under: Reviews, Skiing by Kiwi Ski

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]