Posted on Aug 5, 2023
California's Mammoth Mountain is wrapping up its second-longest season after 275 days
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The lifts at Mammoth Mountain in California will stop spinning Sunday after an incredible season spanning 275 days — the second-longest ski season in the resort's recorded history — and nearly 900 inches of record-breaking snowfall.
Tucked into the Eastern Sierra Mountains, Mammoth is California's highest ski resort at just over 11,000 feet. And though it's not unusual for the mountain to stay open into late spring, a nine-month season stretching into August has only happened two other times in the resort's 70-year history.
"This year on July 4th, almost the entire upper mountain was open. It was basically full go. That's very unusual," Tim LeRoy, co-founder of BluBird Communications and Mammoth Mountain spokesperson, told NPR.
The lifts at Mammoth Mountain in California will stop spinning Sunday after an incredible season spanning 275 days — the second-longest ski season in the resort's recorded history — and nearly 900 inches of record-breaking snowfall.
Tucked into the Eastern Sierra Mountains, Mammoth is California's highest ski resort at just over 11,000 feet. And though it's not unusual for the mountain to stay open into late spring, a nine-month season stretching into August has only happened two other times in the resort's 70-year history.
"This year on July 4th, almost the entire upper mountain was open. It was basically full go. That's very unusual," Tim LeRoy, co-founder of BluBird Communications and Mammoth Mountain spokesperson, told NPR.
California's Mammoth Mountain is wrapping up its second-longest season after 275 days
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Good to Hear of the Improving Skiing Situation in California and that Means More Water as it Melts.
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I've been able to ski Mammoth twice (once in the Springtime). If you are ever in the neighborhood, plan to stop and spend at least a day there. You won't be sorry.
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