On Sunday, April 20 nearly 75 skiers and snowboarders attempted to cross a 100-foot-long pool of icy water in front of Mammoth Mountain’s Canyon Lodge. Some made it, some sank to the tops of their boots in water. The Pond Skim event is an annual kick-off to the spring ski season. The winners, in no particular order:
Best Crash – Cindy Wilkinson
Best Style – Jordan Agnew
Best Costume – John Demasse
Best Overall – Tori Cardon & Bob Van Gelder
Weekend of April 19-20 – Pond Skim!
Canyon and Eagle Lodges’ last day open for the season will be Sunday, April 20. We’ll be celebrating the occasion with the annual Pond Skim at Canyon Lodge at 2pm, along with live music on the sundeck. It’s going to be a fun spring party so get your runs on the corn snow early, then close out the Canyon Lodge season in the afternoon. Rock band Still Time will be playing until 5pm at Canyon on both Saturday and Sunday. Other live music around the mountain include country rock band Magnolia at Main Lodge (2-5pm Saturday and Sunday), singer/songwriter Brad Laina at Eagle Lodge (2-5pm Saturday and Sunday) and singer/songwriter Chrissy Depauw at the Mill Cafe (4-7pm Friday and Saturday). Don’t miss Earth Day celebrations at the Village at Mammoth on Saturday with organic food and activities for the whole family.
Weekend of April 26-27 – Spring Fest!
Even though you see boats lining your condo parking lot (for the Fishing Season Opening Weekend) doesn’t mean that winter’s over on the mountain. Slather on the sunscreen and ski Mammoth out of Main Lodge on fun spring snow. The top of the mountain, Main Park and the halfpipes are all looking like they’re in great shape to be open. Lift tickets go down to spring value season prices, $64 a day, on April 21. Saturday, April 26 will be a great day to be a spectator on the Main Lodge sundeck with the Volcom Peanut Butter and Rail Jam Championships going down in the morning and the Ski Club Appreciation Day pirate-themed Dummy Downhill in the afternoon. Live music at Main Lodge from 2-5pm Saturday and Sunday.
Visit MammothEvents.com for details.
Today it really feels like spring on Mammoth Mountain. The snow is soft and it’s that no-gloves kind of weather that just makes skiing so nice. It’s definitely park season with features getting serious and riders congregating for some of the season’s best-looking sunny shots. Here’s Dan on Forest Trail at 2:25pm, Thursday, April 10. The Main Park features (Forest Trail, Discovery, Super Pipe, Super Duper Pipe) will continue to be shaped nightly; South Park is still charging it, but hurry, because it probably has just a few more weeks. Wonderland Park by Canyon Lodge is already closed for the season.
Adapting As the Sierra Changes
Monday, April 14, 2008, 5-6pm
Open to the public
Mammoth Lakes Community Center on Forest Trail
Hosted by the Andrea Lawrence Institute for Mountains and Rivers
The event will feature presenter Marion J. Gee, an AmeriCorps member serving with the Sierra Nevada Alliance. “Currently, there are hundreds of resource planning process at work that will affect the future of the Sierra, but almost none are taking climate change into account,” she said in a press release. For more information contact andrea@alimar.org.
Halfpipe
1. Kelly Clark
2. Torah Bright
3. Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas
4. Laura Manuela Pesko
5. Sarah Conrad
6. Mercedes Nicoll
Slopestyle
1. Jamie Anderson
2. Chanelle Sladics
3. Sina Candrian
4. Spencer O’Brien
5. Meri Peltonen
6. Cheryl Maas
Mascot Contest
1. Woolly Mammoth (USA)
