Mammoth Mountain Finally Closes for the 2018/19 Season. Only 100 Days Until the Start Of the 2019/20 Season

July 29th, 2019

 

Mammoth Mountain’s still had some fun skiing for its final day, even the park jumps were in good shape. Photo: Christian Pondella

 

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Mammoth has lived up to its name with a mammoth season finally ending today – July 28 in the US. The season was 260 days long with 18.2 metres of snow and had everything from epic pow days, wild weather, some massive dumps and then a long spring into a hot summer.

 

Bernie Rosow, getting amongst the mid-February blower pow. Photo: Mammoth Mountain

 

February 4, after over a metre of snow fell in 36 hours. Photo: Mammoth Mountain.

Like other resorts in California’s Sierras February was a huge month for snow with a monthly total of 5.7 metres, the first storm for the month dropping 2.3 metres in a four-day period from Feb 2-5. That was backed up a few days later by a 10-day total of 3.09 metres from Feb 9-18.

During that period there was some incredible powder skiing and the snow falls continued into March with another monthly total of 1.9 metres. That set up a great spring and while temps over the  month have been hot, accelerating the snow melt, the summer skiing and snowboarding has been fun.

 

Summer shredding on the weekend. Photo: Mammoth Mountain

It is now mountain bike season on Mammoth, but they won’t have to wait long until the lifts are spinning again for skiing and snowboarding with the 2019/20 season scheduled to open on November 9, just 100 days away.

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