A bit late on this last report from
Mammoth. After hearing that over 2 feet fell the day after we left we were a bit envious, but Friday 4/2/10 and Saturday 4/3/10 were still good days.
But first of all, what kind of idiot leaves the window open when checking out? Snow had piled in the sill, popping the screen out and building up until it was spilling into the corner of our guest room.
Started with some mellow runs from Canyon to Eagle, then up chair 25 for this shot before dropping down Back For More.
Face of 5 was groomed so I ripped it for the first time and then headed over into the Dry Creek area… Here is a 2 shot Pano I took showing the chair 5 area.
Dry Creek was pretty smooth so I sent the skiers down that way for their first time, but I wanted to mix it up so I came down Triangle for the first time… The snow was good.
A friend of ours having a yardsale there on the right.
Going down to The Mill on comeback trail, Rodgers Ridge was looking good, but we never came down it.
Braved the winds which were killing the top and went along upper road runner and down toward Santiago… The area near Reds Lake Run going down the back had all of its snow stripped out by the wind making for miserably hard and bumpy conditions for awhile down the back... after aways though the wind died down and the snow was pretty deep and soft still… We hit the steeps in between Santiago and Arriba which was fun for the Snowboarders and a 15 minute exercise for the skiers. You can barely see my friend Jim digging himself out up there in the 2nd one below.
Me enjoying a soft seat off the side of Arriba on the backside.
Saturday 4/3/2010… The top was closed when we first got to McCoy but I snapped these pics… Wow.
My first ride up 23 looking down on Scotty’s as the first tracks were getting cut into the windbuff.
I posted up on Scotty’s looking right, left, and straight ahead before dropping in for one of my best runs ever.
Heavy windpack, but good.
Went over to Dave’s next… Below is a 2 shot Pano I put together taken from the bottom.
Met up with this guy Kyle I had been talking with online who has lived in Mammoth for the past few years...Thats him up there about to straight line off the Cornice on the very top of Dave's Run.
Me looking around before ripping into the middle of Dave’s for my first time… It was damn steep toward the top but I accomplished my goal and cut turns the whole way down.
My bro Kyle took us over to the top of chair 9 and down Ricochet for our first time ever… The windpack over there was still fresh as you can see in the 3rd shot below.
My buddy starting down Ricochet
Coming back up for a 2nd run.
Kyle and I on the chair.
Kyle had to bail, so my buddy N'Gai and I met back up with our friends who were beat and going back to the condo… We would have none of that idea, so we spent the afternoon on the lower mountain down around Eagle & Canyon Lodge… Found some great wide spaced tree runs over there.
We even did the Voodoo Chute for the first time. Haha. Kinda cool, but needed some better snow in there.
That pretty much caps my season… I hit everything I wanted to at Mammoth this year, and this last trip was a good ender. No point in riding the So-Cal mountains past their primetime, so I’ll leave the Mammoth memories as my last. Planning to put out another season recap video/slideshow later this summer, which I’ll post up on here for those interested.
Parting shot… see you next season.
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Had to un-clip and hike it to avoid going down into a ravine to get to the bottom without getting stuck.
