Indian Summer in Mammoth is often about a week of warm autumn days that lead up to winter. They usually come around after the first frost.
With a sneak preview of that old familiar winter chill last weekend, and warmer temps this week, it looks like Indian Summer has arrived in the Eastern Sierra – and with it, fall colors.
Photo: A dusting of snow blanketed Mammoth Mountain and surrounding area above 7,000 feet on Thursday, Sept. 20.
Suzanne and her friend Melanie, adventurer-bloggers, hit the links at Sierra Star Golf Course during their road trip of the southwest, the Women’s Health Are You Game? Road Trip. They received a lesson from PGA Pro Dave Schacht and took some great pics of the course in its mid-September splendor. Check out the rest of the Road Trip to see where they went surfing, spa-ing and more.
End of Season Bike Sale at the Adventure Center
The sale started Labor Day and it’s first come, first served, but there are still some great deals left.
Until supplies last. More info: 760.934.0706.
As fall spreads its cool touch over our fairways and greens at Sierra Star Golf Course we have to deal with annoying frost delays. But the more we golfers understand this reason for putting off play, the better the grass will be for all of us, and the better the Sierra Star maintenance crew can do their jobs.
A blade of grass cut at 1/8 of an inch is vulnerable to the elements. When dew freezes and creates frost on the delicate plant it becomes brittle, and like an egg shell, it will crack beyond repair. Enter fall golfers getting in their last swings of the season. A foursome can leave several hundred footprints on a green. The result of their steps is cracked, brown grass two or three days later; and a thin, sickly green in the spring. If you appreciate a quality putting surface you’ll be patient.
