For this weeks Show Us Your California contest by @thesocalhive I join my mom for a snowboarding trip to...
Mammoth Mountain!!
For the last 15 years or so my mom and I have been making a yearly winter trip to Mammoth Mountain. And this year was no exception. Snow can be unpredictable here in California and some years Mammoth gets buried in feet of snow and some years not so much. This year was a bit below average, but honestly that's still a lot of snow and the mountain had really good coverage. My mom is an incredible skier and I'm not to shabby on a snowboard so we always have fun shredding all over the mountain. We usually start at the Canyon lodge since mom rents a locker there. Then we usually warm up with a run or two on chair 8 before moving on to chair 9 or chair 5 and then usually heading up chair 23 or the gondola to the top!
Arriving at Canyon lodge in the morning
Riding up Chair 9
Views from the Mill
The lodge at the Mill
Riding up the Gondola
The top of the Gondola
The Eleven53 lodge on top of the mountain
Views from the top of the mountain
This year I've unfortunately been dealing with some tendonitis in my right knee, which has been a bit of a pain. We had to take a few extra breaks and we had to stop a little early each day. But I dealt with it fairly well and we still had a lot of fun skiing together!!
The bottom of Chair 23
The top of Chair 23
Mom on the top above the Cornice bowl
Views from the Main Lodge
Mom and I enjoying some beers at Main Lodge
Skiing back down to Canyon Lodge
Until next time...
I hope you have enjoyed this glimpse into
My California!!
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Interesting, as a European one doesn't think of snow and skiing when it comes to California. More like beaches and sunshine and girls on rollerskates, and surfers and so on. And coming out of a fairly rough winter, I must say I'd rather be at a beach than be in snowy mountains right now. :)
That is what most people think of when they think of California, but the Sierra Nevada mountains are quite big and they actually have a bunch of great skiing opportunities!
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Amazing day out with Mum, good to see you enjoying a day out on the snow!
Thanks @joanstewart, we got to spend a whole week up there and we had beautiful weather the entire time! I couldn't ask for anything more.
Always extra special going with the family, having fine weather and company who could ask for more.
Dude y'all should have went to Little Hot Creek Springs while you were there..
Ya we should've!! That's the best spot in the Long Valley Caldera. And I don't think my mom has ever been out there even though she spends way more time in Mammoth than I do.
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Looks like a great time and good conditions! Mammoth is the best! 😎
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