It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Corty’s mother, Andrea Mead Lawrence last night . Andrea had been bravely fighting cancer during the last few years. She passed away peacefully with her family at her side.

Sun, windpacked snow and the mountain in full operation…Need we say more.. If you are not in Mammoth this week, you are defintely missing out ..This is what Mammoth is known for – Wide open terrain, full sunshine, all lifts open – reminiscent of all of the old pictures with Dave McCoy in a tshirt skiing. We welcome the International Ski Congress to Mammoth this week, many ski historians are in town giving free lectures.. A new documentary featuring Andrea Lawrence will be shown at the Forest Auditorium tomorrw if you can make it. The Mammoth Invitational Celebrity race is here too!! Come and watch former US Ski Team racers and support the new Junior Race Team facility.

Just when you think winter is over and spring has arrived, we got 2 feet of fresh powder on Saturday night and woke up today to clear skies and 15 degrees.. I skied on Friday and  for anyone who thinks winter is over – they are wrong! We have great snow, sunny skies forecast and cooler temps into the weekend and the slopes are NOT at all crowded..Rumour has it that the mountain will stay open past Memorial weekend which would be great! It would be a shame to close with all of that snow.

It seems like spring is getting closer.  The days are longer thanks to the recent time change.  Mammoth Mountain is now over the 400 inch mark for snowfall for the year.  This week has been crisp and cold with plenty of sunshine and firm wind blown snow for all to enjoy.  Come on up and enjoy the great conditions and sunshine.  I skied a couple of laps today and the snow was firm and fast with virtually no one on the hill.  It is nice to open it up a little when there isn’t much traffic to contend with.  We should be set into the spring time with the amount of snow on the hill.  Attached is a photo of Mammoth Mountain as seen from the June Lake/San Joaquin Ridge area.  Definitely a different perspective.  Hope to see everyone up here during spring break.