After some glorious fine days here at Mammoth winter is back and I’m happy! Don’t get me wrong I love spring skiing with the sun on my back and skiing the spring corn. But I can’t help getting excited when it snows, a bit like a kid at xmas. The end to the season at […]
Here are my top 10 ski runs in no particular order. 1. Pony Trail, Whistler, (Green) Ok, it’s a green but I honestly thought it was a blue when I first skied it! Under the red chair this is a great fall line pitch. Great for going fast and getting a carve on. 2. Big […]
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 […]
