Mammoth, CA Report: Bluebird Powder Day in May at 7:30am

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Doug Stoup of Ice Axe Expeditions ripping off Chair 23. image: snowbrains

Report from May 11, 2022

We awoke today to a bluebird powder day.

It felt weird to wake up at 6am for it…

But the mountain opens at 7:30am right now!

We were in line right at 7:30am when it opened and we went straight to wait for Chair 23.

We could tell that the snow generally wasn’t gonna be deep or dense enough to keep us off the bottom, but we could also tell that there would be certain spots where it might be bottomless.

On our first run we went skiers left off 23 and the upper part was scratchy, but the middle and bottom were pretty good.

BEFORE

Chair 23 Before. image: snowbrains

AFTER

Chair 23 After. image: snowbrains

We were stoked.

It was a gorgeous day.

After a few runs of Chair 23 we hopped on the gondola and hit Climax to start it off.

Miles farming off the gondola. image: @patrickgriley

It was pretty good.

The sun was starting to affect the snow at this point making it denser and keeping us off the bottom a bit more.

Climax skied well and we bumped over to Dave’s.

Alone in space. image: snowbrains

Daves was the most bottomless spot on the mountain today.

After Dave’s, we cruised a few groomers and called it a day by about 10am.

What a fun day at Mammoth!

All to myself… image: snowbrains

There is so much snow here right now.

Much much more than this time last year.

I’m calling it right now:ย  Mammoth is going to extend and be open for at least a week or two in June!

Snow Numbers

image: mammoth, 5/12/22

Forecast

image: noaa, 5/12/22

Photos

Miles in the pows. image: snowbrains
Mammoth full moon. Image: snowbrains
Watch out! image: snowbrains
Freshies on Cornice groomer. image: snowbrains
Patrol tracks on 23. image: snowbrains
Sluff in Hangman’s. image: snowbrains

The Minarets. image: snowbrains
Ritter and Banner. image: snowbrains
Rippin’ under the chair. image: snowbrains
Happy chair running. image: snowbrains
Moonlight on Chair 2. image: snowbrains
Chair 23. image: snowbrains

 

Under the chair love. image: snowbrains
THE HULK! image: snowbrains
Tracked. image: snowbrains
Up 23. image: snowbrains

 

Ritter and Banner and Paranoids. image: snowbrains
Spine. image: snowbrains
Blank Canvas. image: snowbrains

Look mom, no legs! image: snowbrains

 

Watch out! image: snowbrains

Doug and Yimmers with the Mammoth of Mammoth. image: snowbrains
Powder cloud off Climax. image: snowbrains

 

This sign is 18-feet tall. image: snowbrains
Miles in the pows. image: snowbrains
Apres tea. image: snowbrains
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