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Mammoth Monthly
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December 01, 2005
by George Shirk
In spite of the first significant storm of the season, skiers, snowboarders, cross-country skaters and the rest of the winter throng are staying home in droves this weekend and next week. That means the slopes of Mammoth Mountain will once again be a kind of locals’ paradise, as will the aisles at Vons.November 30, 2005
by Bump Diamond
A year ago about this time, we'd already been skiing and boarding for a month.
This year, Mammothists are skiing all right, but not at Canyon Lodge and certainly not at Little Eagle.
High temperatures, a result of a powerful high-pressure system that was centered over Oregon, left Mammoth with crystal clear, dry skies for most of November. Until this week, that made a desert out of Little Eagle and Canyon lodges, which were to have opened for skiing and snowboarding on Nov. 15.
November 28, 2005
by Brandon Russell
Among the Mammoth Mountain ski cognoscenti this season, look for three things: fat, straight and all-terrain.
“Sidecuts don’t work for everything,” said Silver Chesak, a buyer for Footloose Sports and a superb skier. Rather, Chesak said ski shops are investing in fat, 88-millimeter skis that have a limited sidecut—suddenly the perfect all-terrain ski for intermediate and advanced skiers on Mammoth Mountain’s famously soft snow.
November 27, 2005
by Bump Diamond
One day after finishing a frustrated 32nd in the opening downhill of the season, former super G world champion Daron Rahlves (Sugar Bowl, CA) stepped onto his first podium Sunday, finishing third in a super G at Lake Louise. Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal, who won his first World Cup race, an event in which the top three racers were just eight-hundredths of a second apart.November 15, 2005
by mammoth admin
By Dick Dorworth I was a ski racer from Reno in the 1950s and ’60s, and the mountain and people and experiences of Mammoth were a huge part of my formative years and beyond. Mammoth is part of my heart and life experience, a guide to the mind. Only the inaccuracy of nostalgia allows people to claim that the ’50s were a “better” time for American skiers, but both my heart and mind tell me it was a simpler era. Today’s Mammoth Mountain skier gets miles more skiing on better and more varied terrain than the skier of 50 years ago. But it does not seem to me that the personal satisfaction, well-being and joy of the day’s skiing endeavors are any better.November 13, 2005
by Mammoth Monthly
It is a deep dive into the mind to remember things of more than 50 years ago. But the heart best retains the past and most strongly connects it to the present and, sometimes, the future. At least so it is for me. Things of the heart do not fade away like old soldiers; they maintain and nourish and are always there to be called upon, learned from, cherished and loved, even when removed by time and distance.by Mammoth Monthly
God knows I’ve had my share of slopeside meltdowns. But today I have two joyfully skiing teenagers. Here are a few things I learned along the way: * This was your idea. Never forget that teaching your kids to ski or snowboard was your idea, not theirs. I’ve never heard of a 4-year-old who, out of the blue, started begging to spend a whole day in ski school.by Mammoth Monthly
She was sprawled flat on her back midway down Sesame Street, her little arms spread-eagle and her snowboard straight up in the air. “I can’t get up!” she shrieked. “For God’s sake, Emma, stop screaming!” yelled her dad, who was about 50 feet downhill from her. “Just roll over and GET UP!”November 11, 2005
by Bump Diamond
Having lived through last year’s hunk o’ burning thighs, you swore you'd be physically prepared for skiing and snowboarding this year. Are you? If not, cramming leg strength and cardio workouts the way you did for college exams is as dangerous to the outcome of your winter sports experiences as not doing them at all.by Bump Diamond
It's hard to say if spending $4 million on a re-do of Mammoth Mountain's Main Lodge third floor is going to be worth it in the end, but in the short run it sure seems like the right thing, if for no other reason than the rockin' new bar. View imageNovember 10, 2005
by George Shirk
So I was on the chairlift shortly after 8:30 this morning, and never mind that the town was in sunlight. Opening Day 2005 on Mammoth Mountain began with a dense fog on the top of Chair 1, not that anybody really minded. It was a hoot all the way around, except for people who get all goofy in dense fog, like Kathy Copeland.October 04, 2005
by Mammoth Monthly
By Bump DiamondMan About Town As expected, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area announced tonight that the global resort giant Starwood Capital Group Global, L.L.C., headquartered in Greenwich, Conn., has purchased the majority shares of the resort operation. Starwood...November 21, 2004
by Bump Diamond
It is a Sunday morning at Tamarack and the cross country ski tracks are freshly groomed. Sunrise alpenglow complements the perfect silence. Even the mountain chickadees stop their three-note descending whistle, fee-bee-bay, as if to enjoy the moment. And then the silence is broken by a whoosh and a blur of orange, a friendly greeting and fresh ski skate tracks where none had been before. That was Ilana Levin—a sparkle in the snow, hissing past.
