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That is definitely the way Mammoth looks at it. It depends upon the daily conditions whether they salt.

Mammoth salts groomers a lot, but usually starting in May. The salt is sprayed our the back of a snowcat in by a fan nozzle to spread...

Clouds moved in Tuesday night. Wednesday vs. Tuesday was a textbook example of the clouds drastically minimizing the overnight freeze...

I should have known when Tseeb declined my invitation to join us at Mammoth that we might get a primo corn day. :icon-razz: This has...

Weather indicated we should do something other than ski on Friday and Saturday April 25-26. So we visited: Lake Shasta Caverns...

The map of watersheds is consistent with the north to south variation vs. average in California precipitation. However any water...

Yes. The real issue here is that lots of these hydrology SNOTELs are far below ski area elevations. So the Oregon state average of 20.3...

There's an abnormal difference by elevation this season. As of end of March the upper number at Palisades is close to average, but the...

Yes you lean backwards water skiing. Snow skiers are taught to lean forward. This is what happens if you do that (my first attempt in...

Liz is half Irish. Her ancestors emigrated to rural Vermont in the 1830's, reputedly because they were troublemakers for the British...

Spinbackwards skimming Lake Reveal, June 1, 2020:

For the North American ski regions, monthly volatility is quite consistently about double season volatility. That means if season...

Snow preservation is all about altitude and exposure. Courmayeur has primary east exposure, which will not preserve powder in March...

Review of Western regional standard deviations as percent of season snowfalls: Northern and Central Colorado 18-25%, Beaver Creek and...

Our final day did not seem that much warmer, but the snow definitely softened earlier and by closing in some places that had remained...