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Mammoth Mountain, CA – Chaz Guldemond continued his winning streak by taking first place and $10,000 in the rider-judged West Coast Invitational (WCI) Rail Jam at the Village at Mammoth Mountain on May 3, 2008. This win followed his rider-awarded $5,000 first place win at the Vans Fiesta de la Pipa on May 2, 2008.
May 2 – Fiesta de la Pipa
May 3 – Village Nighttime Rail Jam & concert
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.
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)
All Roxy Chicken Jam events take place in front of the Main Lodge sundeck, on a special slopestyle course built on Broadway, right next to the Main Park Super Pipe.
Friday, March 28
10am-noon – Slopestyle Qualifier
1-3pm – Super Pipe Qualifier
Saturday, March 29
10am-noon – Super Pipe Main Event Session
2-3pm – Super Pipe Super Finals
3-3:30 – Mascot Super Pipe Contest GO WOOLLY!
7-10pm – FREE Silversun Pickups & Alberta Cross Concert (the Village at Mammoth)
Sunday, March 30
10am-noon – Slopestyle Main Event Session
2-3pm – Slopestyle Super Finals
3:30-4pm – TTR World Champ Presentation
USA Today: Don’t bury your skis in the closet just yet. “Near-record snowfall at ski areas across North America, coupled with Easter’s early spot on the calendar this year, is sparking forecasts for an extended spring ski season…” writes Jayne Clark in USA Today (March 14, 2008). “Spring skiing aficionados enjoy warmer temperatures, lighter crowds and, at many venues, a more relaxed atmosphere…Even with optimal conditions, however, ski resorts are forced to offer incentives to lure skiers whose fancies are turning to warm-weather pursuits. Live music on weekends and offbeat on-slope competitions are among the inducements. So are price breaks.”
Mammoth Mountain Spring Events and Deals
March 15 – Demo Sale begins
March 19 – Sippin’ & Jibbin’
March 23 – Easter Egg Hunt on the Snow
March 26 – Sippin’ & Jibbin’
March 28 – Roxy Chicken Jam Begins
March 29 – Mascot Halfpipe Contest & Roxy Chicken Jam
March 29 – Silversun Pickups live in concert at the Village at Mammoth (free)
March 29 – MVP Early Ups (members only)
March 30 – April deals begin – $129 lift & lodging; $64 advance-purchase lift tickets
April 1 – Season Passes go on sale
April 4 – last day to book $129 lodging deal
April 5 – last Snowcat Dinner of the season
April 6 – Mammoth Marathon at Tamarack
April 13 – last day Snowmobile Adventures
April 16 – last day Tamarack
April 19 – Earth Day at the Village at Mammoth
April 20 – Canyon Lodge Pond Skim
April 20 – last day to get advance-purchase $64 lift ticket deal
April 21 – $64 lift tickets every day, no advance purchase required
April 21 – Spring Fest lodging deal
April 26 – Volcom Peanut Butter & Rail Jam Championships
April 26 – Ski Club Appreciation Day featuring a pirate-themed Dummy Downhill
April 26 – Fishing Season begins
April 30 – Last day to buy a season pass for half off
May 1 – start using your new season pass
May 2-4 – WCI featuring Village Nighttime Rail Jam and Fiesta de la Pipa
May 10 – Midweek Passes valid seven days a week
Photo: In the park on a Wednesday afternoon…Sippin’ and Jibbin’ at the Main Lodge sundeck.
From the U.S. Snowboard Team:
Bretz Grabs First World Cup Win
“Stoneham, Quebec (March 9) – Snowboarding prodigy Greg Bretz (Mammoth Lakes, CA), who’s so hot he’s been lighting the halfpipe on fire since he landed on the scene, grabbed his first career World Cup win Sunday in Quebec. Bretz threw down a huge run composed of a frontside 900, backside 540, air to fakey, cab 7, frontside 7 to win the pipe competition…”
Read more about Greg’s win at the 2008 Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup on USSnowboard.com. Photo: Associated Press
Watch CBS Sports Feb. 23 and 24 when the station airs the John Paul Mitchell Systems halfpipe competition, which took place earlier this month at Squaw Valley. Mammoth riders who competed include Luke Mitrani (3rd place), Tommy Czeschin (5th), Luke Wynen (8th), Greg Bretz (11th), Trevor Jacob (14th) and Molly Aguirre (4th).
