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January 14, 2008
by Mammoth Local Staff
On one of the biggest weekends of the season Jan. 11-13, people crowded onto Cloud 9 Express, formed long lines at the McCoy Station gondola, filled the lunch tables and bars, skied, rode snowboards, skated at the new ice rink, watched football and generally had a great time on good snow. There's more coming.January 04, 2008
by Mammoth Local Staff
Visitors will hardly recognize the new layout and exhibits at the Ski Museum. If you haven't been there this season, now would be a good time to check it out.View image View image View image View image
December 20, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Everybody ready? Occupancy rates for Mammoth hotels, lodges and condos are expected to reach 63 percent of capacity this weekend, with more visitors on the way throughout the week that ramps up to the Christmas-New Year's holiday.by Mammoth Local Staff
Heavy snow has prepared Mammoth for a robust holiday season. More than three feet of new snow fell on Mammoth Mountain in the storm that ended Thursday night, following winds that gusted up to 107.6 miles an hour at the summit of the 11,052-foot peak.December 17, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
With snow on the way to supplement a base of manufactured snow, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area will open Little Eagle Lodge on Thursday, Dec. 20, a resort official said. The opening, which will affect Chair 15/Eagle Express and Chairs 13 and 14, is due to coincide with a storm system that began early Monday with light snowfall and will continue through Thursday night.December 14, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth is 82 percent sold out for Christmas Week, with 10 days left for visitors to scramble for available lodging, according to figures released by the Mammoth Tourism Bureau.by Mammoth Local Staff
Online tributes continue to pour into the Mammoth forums Web site for Dave Ebbens, a beloved skier from Encinitas who died of injuries suffered while he was skiing in West Bowl on Monday, Dec. 10.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area opened Canyon Lodge on Friday, Dec. 14, and snow made its way into the forecasts for next week.November 29, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Ain't nobody here. According to figures released by Mammoth's Visitors Bureau, the hotel, condo and lodge occupancy rate projection shows just 14 percent of the available beds will be filled on the weekend of Nov. 30, with the occupancy rate dropping to just nine percent during the weekdays following.November 26, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Bill Cockroft, the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area executive who has been a longtime champion for road cycling, underwent surgery for injuries he suffered Thanksgiving Day in a cycling accident in Palm Springs, a ski area spokesperson said. Cockroft, formerly on the board of directors of the U.S. Cycling Federation and a driving force behind Mammoth road cycling, crashed on a corner while cycling in Palm Springs.by Mammoth Local Staff
Horizon Airlines would begin twice-daily flights to Mammoth in December 2008, but would not provide summer service to Mammoth Yosemite Airport until 2012, the airline announced in a document submitted to federal aviation authorities.by Mammoth Local Staff
"Play On!", the oft-produced Rick Abbot farce about a theater company whose production has gone awry, opens at the Mammoth High School multipurpose room on Wednesday, Nov. 28 and continues its run through Saturday, Dec. 1.November 21, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Lack of early season snow has delayed the scheduled openings of the ski runs off Canyon and Eagle lodges, the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area announced Wednesday.by Mammoth Local Staff
More winter visitors to Mammoth are bringing kids than ever before, a new survey shows. The survey, by Leisure Trends from Boulder, Colo., showed that 58 percent of the visitors to Mammoth said they brought children, up significantly from 2004, when just 31 percent said they brought their children with them.November 20, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Permits to cut and remove Christmas trees are now available from the Bureau of Land Management and the Inyo National Forest. Cutting areas, permit prices and regulations are the same as in previous years.November 18, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
After nearly a week of warm, Indian summer weather, temperatures will drop and light snow will drop on Mammoth during the start of Thanksgiving week, the National Weather Service said. Temperatures that will rise to near 53 by 1 p.m. on Sunday will drop off the table, falling to around 40 during the remainder of the day. West winds between 5 and 15 miles an hour will kick up, with gusts as high as 25 mph.November 16, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth's fire abatement program on a 10-to-12 acre site on Sherwin St. in Old Mammoth is nearly complete, town officials said. The project, which involved a crew of 34 people over the course of the summer and fall, was the first part of a $7 million project designed to protect Mammoth from devastating fires such as the Lake Tahoe Angora Fire last June."Before" image "After" image
November 14, 2007
by George Shirk
With all the attention focused lately on Steve Searles (L.A. Times, Boston Globe, NPR, etc.), we dug into our archives and brought out this profile. An in-depth look into the heart and mind of Mammoth's "Bear Man."View image
November 05, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
In spite of a balmy autumn and not much measurable snow, Mammoth Mountain will open for skiing and boarding as planned on Thursday, Nov. 8, a ski hill spokesperson said.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Town Council cancelled its regularly schedule meeting for Wednesday, Nov. 21, according to Town Clerk Anita Hatter. The meeting was to be on Thanksgiving Eve, and Hatter said the council has nothing on its agenda.by Mammoth Local Staff
The "fire use" fire that is burning in the Glass Mountains and which is easily visible from Mammoth and U.S. Hwy. 395, has grown to 230 acres and is eating 25 to 50 acres a day, according to Inyo National Forest District Ranger Jon Regelbrugge. Regelbrugge said fire officials will let the fire continue to burn for ecological reasons.by Mammoth Local Staff
Friday's scheduled ALIMAR Awards Dinner at Main Lodge has been postponed because the speaker, David Nahai of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, has to keep mum until he's confirmed as the new general manager of the department.November 03, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Updated 12:32 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3Ryan Hall, one of a contingent of marathon runners who train in Mammoth, on Saturday, Nov. 3 won a spot on the men's marathon team by finishing first in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials in New York City.
View image Mammoth's Meb Keflezighi, the silver medalist at the 2004 Olympics, finished eighth. The first three runners qualified. The race was marred by the death of Ryan Shay, who lived and trained in Mammoth with Team USA California before movin to Flagstaff, Ariz., earlier this year. Shay collapsed about 5 1/2 miles into the race, He was 28.
November 02, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Updated 2:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2Everyone in Mammoth got so used to seeing Meb Keflezighi running around town this season that it's something of a surprise to not see him. The reason is easy. Mammoth's silver medal Olympian has been in New York, training for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials, to be run Saturday, Nov. 3 in Central Park. He was joined by Running USA teammates and Mammothists Dan Brown, Josh Cox, Ryan Hall and Mike McKeeman.
by Mammoth Local Staff
The popular free Town Trolley, a success in the summer months, will offer visitors night service between 6 p.m.-1 a.m., beginning Friday, Nov. 16, a town spokesman announced. Stuart Brown, the community relations manager, said the route will be the same as in the summer, running from The Village at Mammoth to Snowcreek Athletic Club. He said it will operate seven days a week, with stops every 15 minutes.by Mammoth Local Staff
There's nobody in Mammoth except bears, birds and locals, according to figures released by the town's Tourism Bureau. Occupancy in the town's hotels, lodges and condos will reach just 15 percent this weekend and sink to 13 percent in the weekdays following.November 01, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale shook Mammoth on Thursday morning. Centered in the mountains 11 miles southeast of Mammoth and eight miles west of Tom's Place, the temblor was easily felt.View image
by Mammoth Local Staff
The long-awaited narrowing of Meridian Blvd. will occur in the summer of 2009, town officials announced. The project will involve bus turnouts, bike lanes and the removal the traffic light at Minaret Rd. In its place will be a roundabout, according to the plans. The four-lane road currently is 64 feet wide. It will be narrowed to 45 feet and will include two travel lanes and a center turn lane, along with bike lanes and sidewalks.October 31, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A strong Bay Area earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale swayed buildings in Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra on Tuesday night. The quake, whose epicenter was seven miles east of Milpitas, was centered along the Calaveras Fault, nine miles east of San Jose. It struck at 8:05 p.m.October 29, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Rain, possible thunderstorms and snow figure to hit Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra, beginning this afternoon, Oct. 29, and continuing through Tuesday, the National Weather Service said Monday. Accumulations are expected to be light, forecasters said.by Mammoth Local Staff
Updated 4:35 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29H. David Nahai, an environmental activist attorney who on Monday was nominated to run the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, will keynote Andrea Lawrence's ALIMAR Awards Dinner on Nov. 9, Lawrence announced.
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October 26, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The firewood season has been extended to Nov. 18 on account of fair weather and numerous "no chainsaw" days during the hot, dry summer, the Inyo National Forest announced on Friday, Oct. 26by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth is deep, deep deep into the fall shoulder season, with the town visitor occupancy rate continuing to hover at 22 percent for the coming weekend. That figure, which matched last week's number, will drop even further -- to 11 percent -- for the weekdays following.October 09, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Another earthquake struck a mountainous area near Red Slate Mountain early Tuesday morning, this one measuring 3.0 on the Richter Scale. The quake followed a summer in which numerous small earthquakes have struck the spot.View map
October 08, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth Monthly owners Jean and George Shirk announced on Monday, Oct. 8 that they will suspend publication of the magazine after publishing the November Ski and Snowboard Special. The free magazine began in November 2002. With the Ski and Snowboard Special, due on the racks and in subscribers' mailboxes beginning Nov. 1, it will have run five years and 49 issues.October 04, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The cables on Half Dome in Yosemite National Park are scheduled to be taken down on October 15, weather permitting, a park spokesperson announced on Thursday, Oct. 4. The cables, the scene of four deaths in the past two years, extend approximately 300 yards up the steep shoulder to the 8,842-foot dome.View image
October 03, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A forecast calling for wind gusts of up to 100 miles an hour on the Sierra crest prompted the National Weather Service to issue a High Wind Watch, beginning Thursday morning and extending into late Thursday night. Also, some areas may break records for low tempratures on Friday.by Mammoth Local Staff
Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Reno issued a winter storm watch for Mammoth and the southern High Sierra beginning Thursday, Dec. 6 and continuing into the early part of the weekend. Snowfall amounts that could exceed two feet are expected, the weather service said. After hedging their bets earlier in the day, the forecasters said the path of the storm on Tuesday afternoon became "a little more certain, and favors the central and southern Sierra, generally from Carson Pass south to the Mammoth Lakes area."September 28, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Yosemite National Park will waive its $20-per-vehicle entry fee on Saturday, Sept. 29, as part of the annual National Public Lands Day, a park spokesperson said.by Mammoth Local Staff
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed a new equestrian and hiking trail between Lake George and McCloud Lake in the Mammoth Lakes Basin, aimed at relieving the Mammoth Lakes Pack Outfit.by Mammoth Local Staff
Jim Upchurch, the new supervisor of the Inyo National Forest, will meet the public in a series of open houses throughout the Eastern Sierra, a national forest spokesperson announced.by Mammoth Local Staff
As the temperatures drop and the days grow short, visitor occupancy to Mammoth is taking its customary dive. This weekend, the Visitors Bureau said it expects lodges hotels and condos will fill to just 38 percent, with the figure dropping to 18 percent in the weekdays following.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth police will begin a crackdown on speeding traffic beginning Monday, Oct. 1, Chief Randy Schienle announced. "Officer Tim Smalley will be patrolling our streets," the chief said, "so please control your speed."by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth will be hit with gusty winds, snow and possibly rain today and Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. One to five inches of snow could fall on Saturday as a cold front moves from the coast over the area.September 24, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth's trail system, such as it is, will get some needed maintenance and signage this fall, according to Town Manager Robert F. Clark.September 21, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth could receive six to 10 inches of snow this evening and Saturday as a storm system moves into the area, the National Weather Service said in a winter storm watch advisory.September 19, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
An unseasonably strong low pressure system will drop out of the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday, Sept. 11 and gradually move south over Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra, prompting the National Weather Service to issue wind and fire warnings.September 18, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
As the population of the Sierra continues to grow, the threat of devastating wildfires is growing right along with it, a new study released on Monday, Sept. 17, shows. The report, by the Sierra Nevada Alliance, found that major wildfires like last summer's Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe will become more common and more destructive if current growth patterns continue.September 17, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Call it an omen, or call it just regular seasonal weather; call it harbinger of things to come or just a simple tease by Mother Nature. Whatever, snow is forecast for Mammoth and the High Sierra later this week, according to the National Weather Service.September 14, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Bright autumnal weather is in the forecast for Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra, which is a big bonus for visitors this weekend. The Mammoth Visitors Bureau said it expects the town's lodges, hotels and condos to fill to 43 percent, with a drop-off to 27 percent during the weekdays following.September 12, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The National Weather Service issued a "fire weather watch" for Thursday, meaning that critical fire weather conditions are possible.by Mammoth Local Staff
Steve Searles, Mammoth's celebrated "Bear Man" who received overwhelming kudos from supporters attending a Town Council meeting on Sept. 5, is back working his magic on behalf of the town.View image
by Mammoth Local Staff
Officials of Vision Airlines last weekend had another visit to the Mammoth-Yosemite Airport, and Town Manager Robert F. Clark said he expects a deal to be finalized soon. "I expect that they will make a final decision very soon," Clark said, "and if they approve the service, begin selling tickets."View image
September 11, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday, Sept. 11 named Randy Moore as the new regional forester for the Pacific Southwest Region, which includes the Inyo National Forest. He will replace Bernie Weingardt, who is retiring at the end of the month.View image
September 08, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Road cyclists in Saturday's High Sierra Fall Century rode in drop-dead beautiful weather, with clear skies, warm temps and ... Greg Lemond.View image View image View image View image View image
September 06, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
With their natural food sources all but gone in the Eastern Sierra backcountry, bears are finding Mammoth a great solution. The bears' good fortune, however, is causing some problems around town.by Mammoth Local Staff
With the High Sierra Fall Century bike ride drawing upwards of 800 riders and their families to Mammoth this weekend, occupancy rates in lodges and hotels are expected to jump to 43 percent, the town's Tourism Bureau announced Thursday.by Mammoth Local Staff
The director of the fledgling Mammoth Lakes Theatre Company asked the Town Council for immediate financial help at the council's regular meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Shira Dubrovner, who founded the company in the space formerly occupied by the Plaza Theatre (cinema), ssuggested the town divert development impact fees her way, the faster the better.by Mammoth Local Staff
The numbers of hatchery fish in Mono County dropped from 465,700 last season to just 389,000 this year, and due to the effects of the New Zealand Mud Snail in the Hot Creek Hatchery, the number of lakes that have been stocked dropped from more than 30 to just six.by Mammoth Local Staff
A 26-year-old Bridgeport man faces multiple felony counts after he was charged with breaking in to a Mono County Sheriff's Department vehicle and stealing a rifle and a flashlight.September 05, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Steve Searles, Mammoth's "Bear Man" who was fired from the Mammoth Lakes Police Department last March, sat passively among a throng of supporters at a Town Council meeting Wednesday night, Sept. 5, in the wake of this summer's burgeoning "bear problem." But Searles' apparent detachment was a total disguise.by Mammoth Local Staff
An earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale shook a mountainous region near Mammoth shortly before 6 a.m. on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.September 04, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mono County Sheriff's Department has joined a massive regional search for a missing airplane said to be carrying aviation adventurer Steve Fossett, the first person to circle the world solo in a balloon.by Mammoth Local Staff
Unusually strong winds combined with unusually low humidity will affect Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra today, Sept. 4, the National Weather service said in a pair of warnings.