Archive for October, 2007
Volcom Peanut Butter Rail Jam is Coming to Mammoth Mountain Saturday, December 8, 2007
October 30, 2007Mammoth Mountain Begins Snowmaking
October 30, 2007
Mammoth Mountain is scheduled to open for the 2007/08 winter season on Thursday, Nov. 8. First chair at 8:30am. Ten days to go, and overnight we got a lick of snow. Freezing temps allowed us to fire up the snowmaking guns!
34Below to Play at Mammoth Mountain’s Opening Celebration
October 29, 2007
Award winning alternative-rock band 34Below is set to play live, slopeside, on Opening Weekend. Catch them starting at 11:30am on Saturday, November 10 on the Main Lodge sundeck. This San Diego band has previously brought their energetic rock to Mammoth’s Whiskey Creek.
Ski Ranks “lovably tacky” Mammoth 12th
October 11, 2007If you are a dedicated skier who has their October issue of Ski Magazine in your back pocket, flip open to page 131 for the 2008 Reader Resort Survey results. The readers of the mag rated Mammoth Mountain Number 12 Overall, Number 2 in Terrain Parks, Number 3 in Variety of Terrain and Number 9 in Challenge.
That Old Familiar Winter Chill
October 5, 2007
It’s back. The snow. Waking up to an inch covering the grass never gets old. Probably because it’s more than just snow; it’s the winter season picking up speed. The second there’s snow there are creative minds searching out rail slides around town. Starting today it’s the promise of six months of skiing, snowboarding, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and all the things that come with them. Things as simple as hot chocolate and as exciting as new friendships as the ski bum population sets up house. With an inch overnight and another to accumulate today, finding reasons to be excited beats thinking about where I left my ice scraper last spring and if I have enough firewood…
Unbound Gets Ready for a New Season!
October 4, 2007
Can’t wait to see what team rider Eddie Wall will do on this all-new skate-inspired Quiksilver signature feature.
You need to read about the new stuff they’re working on in the Mammoth Mountain garage and over by Canyon Lodge this fall. The story is on Snowboard-mag.com and FutureSnowboarding.com.
Heavy Lifting: The 4.5-foot bonk barrel, made out of a lift tower section, is easier to move with two people (as Chris learns here). The 8-foot one takes a forklift.
“It’s always nicer to lose plastic than skin.”
October 2, 2007Mountain Bike season is over at Mammoth Mountain but an Oct. 1 article in the Los Angeles Times Health section provides a look back on the season. Interviews from Mammoth’s Mark Hendrickson and Joani Lynch include this bit of advice: “I always tell people to put as much plastic on you feel comfortable with,” says Hendrickson. “It’s always nicer to lose plastic than skin.” Well said. Read the full article: Extreme Mountain Biking Spreads to Ski Areas.
