Mammoth, CA Report: Windmills with Dad, The Wiggle, & Mono Lake

Miles Clark |

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Report from May 29, 2021

Today was our penultimate day of the 2020/21 North American ski season.

I got to ski with my dad today – which hasn’t happened in a few years.

We showed up at 8am and the snow was perfect.

Summit party. image: snowbrains

Fast, fun, and already soft.

Scotties off Chair 23 was just about perfect on our first run.

Dad dropped in and spun his signature windmills down the hill.

Me & Dad. image: snowbrains

Spin left, turn, spin right, turn, spin left, turn…

Backward skiing is his forte.

We slowly rolled around and did goofy skiing all over Chair 23, the gondola, & Chair 5.

Mono Lake. image: snowbrains

Dad skied until about 10:30 and then I met up with some buddies and ripped around.

The morning was fast, the afternoon was slower.

Lower mountain snow was sticky in spots, but the upper mountain, and anywhere with some steepness still skied well.

We even skied the wiggle and it was fun.

Dave’s. image: snowbrains

We skied until 1pm and then drove up to Mono Lake and tripped around the tufa formations.

If you’ve not been to the Mono Lake tufa, it’s an amazing place on Earth.

Tomorrow is our last ski day of the season…

Boda bag. image: snowbrains

Snow Numbers:

image: mammoth, 5/29/21

Forecast:

image: noaa, 5/29/21

Photos:

Sun cups in spots. image: snowbrains
Gondola. image: snowbrains
Party at the top. image: snowbrains
Stay inbounds. image: snowbrains
Mammoth’s killer snow farming made a trail from Dave’s off the top down to Chair 5. image: snowbrains
Mammoth doing an incredible job keeping snow in the right spots and grooming and salting runs mid-day. image: snowbrains
Mammoth doing an incredible job keeping snow in the right spots and grooming and salting runs mid-day. image: snowbrains
Mammoth doing an incredible job keeping snow in the right spots and grooming and salting runs mid-day. image: snowbrains
Apres ski! image: snowbrains
Mono Lake. image: snowbrains
Mono Lake. image: snowbrains
Mono Lake. image: snowbrains
Mono Lake. image: snowbrains
Mono Lake. image: snowbrains
Mono Lake. image: snowbrains
Mono Lake. image: snowbrains
Mono Lake. image: snowbrains
Mono Lake. image: snowbrains
Mono Lake. image: snowbrains

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One thought on “Mammoth, CA Report: Windmills with Dad, The Wiggle, & Mono Lake

  1. The groovin’ moves that Geezer’s got
    Must make the Babes a little hot
    They seek a spin
    Which ain’t no sin
    And he’ll give ’em .. his best shot.

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