The snow is finally starting to clear off some of the lower bike trails around Mammoth Lakes.  The Shady Rest/Knolls area is completely open as well as the Mammoth Rock Trail as of last week.  The Mammoth Mountain bike park is opening today with approximately 9 trails cleared for riding.  There is still quite a bit of snow still up towards main lodge, but trails such as Uptown, Lower Paper Route, Big Ring, Shotgun, and Juniper are incredibly buffed out.  The trail crew at the bike park has done a great job at clearing and raking out the trails that are open.  Good job guys!  The weather has been great as of late and the days are long so hopefully mother nature will continue to cooperate and help open up some more riding trails soon.  For those of you into road riding, the Eastside Velo Club will be having their annual Bridgeport ride on Sunday.  For details on the Bridgeport ride check out their website at www.eastsidevelo.org.  Whatever activity you have planned have a great weekend.

Walking up Big Pine Creek was amazing this weekend!  Gorgeous views  little to no snow and great fishing.  Hilton Lakes is melted out to Davis Lake.  McGee Creek is melted to at least the second crossing.  Convict Canyon is snow free to second crossing.  Sherwin Lakes is open.  Parker Lake out of June is also open.  The road the Mammoth Lakes Basin is open but Horseshoe Lake is still frozen and there is a ton of snow up there.

The skies opened up and snow started to fall around 1p.m. today.  Forecasters are projecting the town of Mammoth will get another 1-2 feet tonight through tomorrow with another storm to follow in the next couple of days.  The snow is falling straight down right now with hardly a hint of wind.  With the few feet of fresh we got in the middle of the week and the projected storm for tonight the weekend should remain soft and powdery.  So for those of you on the way up take it slow there will be plenty of snow for everyone this weekend.  The way the pattern is setting up it is looking like March has the potential to be a very wet month.  So for those of you who thought summer was right around the corner with such a dry February, it might be farther off than you thought.  Winter is way to short anyway, even in the Eastern Sierra.

It is still snowing fairly heavily at the moment.  The snow has been falling since Monday and the storm is supposed to be pretty intense tonight through tomorrow.  I was pleasantly surprised to find Chair 22 running at 8:30 this morning and hardly a soul around.  The skiing was unbelievably good, deep snow and very quiet.  I will try to update with some pictures later in the week.  Things are definitely looking pretty good around here.

It started snowing in town early this morning.  Throughout the day it has picked up and we have about six inches in the Footloose parking lot.  It is absolutely beautiful when the snow is falling straight down.  Things should be pretty wet all week and we will keep you posted with the storm accumulations throughout the week.

MLK storm

The storm that passed through left us with another 8 inches of cold, dry snow. Temps are really cold overnight but are slowly warming throughout the day. Every run, every chair and lift will be open on both Mammoth and June – We really have not had such great conditions for Xmas since the early 90’s. Roads are clear for driving and our next little storm is forecast for the weekend..See you here!!

Our web cam is down but the skies are clear and the Mountain will have everything open as of today…We are in the best postion snow and coverage wise in years..almost of all our crew have been out on the hill and are coming back raving..The weather is supposed to hold until Xmas so if you are on your way – you are in for a treat! No wind, blue skies and slightly warmer – who could ask for more…

Wow!!  What a weekend.  It has been snowing here in Mammoth since Thursday night and the snow sure has added up.  The storm has finally let up in town here at about 4 p.m. Sunday.  I got a few turns in on the hill today and what a different story it is up there.  I can happily say I actually didn’t hit any rocks or other hidden hazards.  In town over the weekend we had to get about 4-5 feet of snow and you can only imagine what the mountain could have accumulated.  This storm was perfect timing setting us up for the holidays and definitely a bullseye for the central sierra.  I talked to friends in June Lake today and it sounds like the snow is piling up in the Loop as well.  This is great for them and hopefully June will be open next weekend.  I don’t know the schedule for opening Canyon Lodge and Little Eagle but with the amount of snow that has fallen I would bet Canyon and Little Eagle would be open in a few days after the grooming crew and ski patrol has cleaned things up.  Stay tuned as soon as we know more about what’s opening we will keep you informed.  If you are in town keep your fingers crossed for a bluebird day tomorrow or at least for some new terrain to be opened.  See you out there tomorrow bright and early.

It started snowing late last night with an accumulation of 4-6″ in town (8″+ on the hill) by the morning.  We are expecting unsettled weather with up to 5 feet over the crest by the end of the weekend.  Just what we need to get the rest of the mountain open.  The terrain that has been open on the mountain has been fun with great carvable wind packed snow.  Chair 10 opened earlier in the week expanding the available terrain.  Keep your fingers crossed that these storms will set us up for a great holiday.  Stay tuned we will keep you informed on the ongoing storms progress.  Yay, winter is here!

Footloose 12/11/2009

A surprise storm snuck in last night while we were sleeping and left a foot+ of powder through out town and on the mountain. Temps are really cold and we are expecting snow showers until tonite sometime. Finally!! and great to see town covered.