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Sunday morning: Check report, 7" new (8%), 21 degrees Strictly Organic coffee, full pot Pow board, waxed last night (LF7) Gear, packed Girlfriend, had things to do On the road at 7:50, in the lot at 8:30, pit stop, get in line Up Pine, over the ridge, pow run down to NWX On the chair, sun...

Well, I think it's going to snow for a while. We got about a foot overnight and today. Fairly high quality. We're a breath away from 200" and have 82" at mid. I went back up this evening to watch a rail jam, it was pounding. First run down Skyliner. We took the less busy lifts as the Christmas...

Read this and learn that this week's pattern is not a true "Pineapple Connection": Snowfall began at 3:00am this morning and is now expected to continue for several days. No surprises this morning with QPF on track. Updated HPC 5 day amounts for the south central sierra is up to 14 inches over...

Yesterday both the NW Express and Summit opened. Couldn't get there but I didn't get too butt-hurt because I got Wednesday (major powder day) and Summit didn't open until 1:30. Most people are long gone by then, especially now that the days are so short at this latitude. Plus they closed at 3:00...

Howard Sheckter (Dweebs) just issued this warning to those who live near the Mammoth Lakes Sierra: One more day “today” to make sure everything is in order. Check list: 1. If you have a gas powered electric generator, make sure you have gas and it is working properly. 2. Snow blower working...

I got the plague about a week ago and so I wasn't able to do any snow time until yesterday. I got to ride Outback and the coverage was like it is a month from now. The snow has been fairly dense lately, so snowboards are the call. Sure has done wonders for our snowpack. So this morning I rallied...

Times are tough and these kinds of decisions have to be made or you lose your long seasons due to cash flow issues. I could see the Black Pass idea working, especially since Mammoth draws from the prosperous southland. But the locals would be swallowing hard to see the fat ass West LA elites cut...

Sounds like you're getting the kind of scrappy weather we get here more commonly than in Utah. Almost the same conditions here today. It had "misted" and then snowed an inch or so to cover. Not totally unpleasant. What camera are you using now? My Sony digital 5X optical died and I'm hoping...

Same story, different day (Powdr Corp). Even though I've been poking fun at Mammoth, you have to admire the progressive-thinking ownership there. They open when they they get snow and close when it melts. Heck, they had the top open on the first weekend. There was a lot of speculation when Dave...

Yeah OK, bluebird. Yesterday it got drier after a damp week. But it was good 'cuz we received about two feet (Bachelor feet, not Mammoth feet) and so it covered anything abrasive left on the lower mountain. The beauty of having a relatively mellow lower mountain is you can ride new gear really...

I've been following the snowfall reports at Mammoth, but your pictures tell the truth. My "Mammoth Eyes" saw something different than the reported 7.5 feet you would assume were at the higher elevations. There are some rock and tree outcroppings that would be long gone if there were that much...

LOL: Go Bobby! Hey, next drink is on me! PS...more coming your way via out west.

You just don't see them open Outback and NW Expresses until there's about six feet. Both of those areas face right into the prevailing wind and so have some stubborn reefs to cover. You have great cover on 90%, but there's the other 10. The other reason is that Thanksgiving is not really a true...

Wow, that was a fantastic weekend! I've been skiing almost 50 years and it's hard to remember a Thanksgiving with that much quality. Today started with a typical MtB report: 2" overnight, 1" yesterday (but a foot yesterday AM). Upon closer inspection (report: deeper in spots) and a sprinkle of...

So, Yesterday I check the report and Rainbow and Sunrise Chairs are added to the list. But they didn't want to open Sunrise Lodge and lot (those crafty Powdr accountants): so go park elsewhere and ride over. As luck would have it I get to Rainbow, wait 20 minutes past the 9:30 opening time and...

I too am thankful for where I live, and have the health to enjoy it. Today dawned clear and way warmer, with another Pacific pulse due in tomorrow. I was to meet Dan and Gregg, both super-fit Nordic and backcountry skiers. But they wanted an alpine start to go to Tumalo Mtn and I just couldn't...

Well, we're finally open out here. It's been a little frustrating as we have had a lot of snowfall. But both the Halloween storm and the one a week later, which provided some good riding conditions, were followed by warm weather. Then it cooled down and even though the "big one" went first south...

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger...here is tonight's forecast for down here in Bend. I backed my car into the garage. I haven't done that since I lived in Mammoth! ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... .ANOTHER STORM...STRONGER THAN LAST...

From Mt Bachelor's Facebook page today: "Our tentative opening date has been set for Nov 19. We will see what the next few days and the forecast looks like before changing that. Stand by..." and "Season Pass office opens in the Old Mill (next to Allyson's Kitchen, across from REI) on Nov 2. It...

Snowing now in Bend (elevation: 3590'). We're surely adding to a growing base here in the Cascades. Reputable sources estimate 14" at the base of Mt Bachelor and 21"+ at mid-mountain according to the ski area folks. It's been snowing continuously since noon on Saturday. Oooh La La Nina! File...