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Stand Up Paddle Boards

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:55:55 +0000

Just got back in from an incredible morning over at Convict Lake on one of our new stand up paddleboard rentals. Nothing like experiencing the serenity of an early morning paddle across the lake without a breath of wind. If you haven’t tried it yet – you are missing out! Best places so far are Convict Lake, Horseshoe, Silver Lake , Grant Lake and June Lake. Easy access, sandy beach entry and little boat traffic. Do yourself a favor and set aside some time this summer to try out this new sport..

Current Mammoth trail conditions

Footloose Sports — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:50:08 +0000

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.

Hiking Season is Here!

Footloose Sports — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:24:35 +0000

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.

Pamper Pedal

Footloose Sports — Thu, 20 May 2010 04:33:41 +0000

The Pamper Pedal is an all women’s ride that starts at Footloose and ends at Elk’s Park in Bishop. The 45 mile ride with minimal climbing skirts the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range offering breath taking scenery.

The ride is hosted by Jeff and Leslie Byberg and their crew of ‘Man Slaves’
An estimate of 115 women attended in all types of costumes from lingerie to Rasta outfits.

At the end of the ride was a gourmet lunch prepared by Chef Matt Iof.
Eastside Velo is the local road cycling club with over 200 member. For more information on the Eastern Sierra Road Rides, stop by Footloose and ask about the Eastside Velo Cycling Club board of events. You can also go to http://www.Eastsidevelo.org

May 11th and we skied POWDER…

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:58:25 +0000

Spring has been unseasonably cool which has most of us pining for warm-consistently warm-weather. But for winter diehards the conditions have been remarkably conducive to skiing. May 11th dawned with a winter storm creeping eastward after dropping a foot and a half on the mountain leaving spotty clouds and morning temperatures in the low 20’s. Skiing was UN-believable…knee deep or better in the Paranoids and consistent into Saint Anton. Run after run. Pure winter snow until late in the afternoon. Upper Dry Creek, Dave’s, Climax…whew! How many ski areas can claim great powder days in May? Only one that I can think of…Mammoth Mountain!

Spring in Mammoth!

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:35:40 +0000

Just when we pulled out the sunscreen, another storm is approaching us on Tuesday with potential of 1-2 feet! But rest assured we will be returning to warm temps and great spring skiing by Thursday. We can’t remember when Mammoth had as much snow as it does right now at this time of year. Skiing until July 4th?? with such a great snowpack.

2 Feet of snow Overnight!

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:03:54 +0000

Woke up this morning to cold temps and 2 feet of snow in town- caught us all off guard – the roads were slow to get plowed but this should be the last of the weather for a while. Skiing is incredible – cold winter snow and cold temparatures make it feel like January. This is also the last week to ski over at June Mtn and the first week to buy your pass for next year! Don’t wrtie the winter off yet!

Winter Returning Next Week

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:06:17 +0000

A windy day in Mammoth today with firm snow conditions for those early risers..We are looking for a warm up for the weekend and then rumours of a return to winter conditions next week..we will keep you updated as soon as we know more.. In the meantime – conditions are anticpated to warm up during the day and remain cold at night – this should translate to great skiing for the first part of spring break – all runs open on the mountain and with a 12 foot base, no obstacles to be seen…

Mammoth in March

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:21:15 +0000

It is another beutiful month of March in Mammoth Lakes. We had some excellent powder skiing the first week. One person I was skiing with even told me she had the best powder run of her life lats wednesday. Then we had a few days of sun and great windbuff skiing. Mammoth snow turns into magic when the wind blows. Another storm just passed through this Friday. Fresh snow for the weekend. It looks like this next week will be warm and sunny, the first little taste of spring. With this current snowpack we should ski until June. Many more happy turns ahead.

Julien Power Wedger

Another Stormy Weekend on the Way!!

Footloose Sports — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:42:40 +0000

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.