Mammoth, CA. Saturday. image: peter morning

Mammoth Mountain in California is having a heck of an early season.

They opened way back on November 10th and they just saw 30″ of snow Wednesday – Friday.

Now, Mammoth is open top-to-bottom.

They’ve got 8 lifts open accessing 37 trails.

That’s the most terrain open anywhere on the west coast.

2 storms are forecast to hit Mammoth this week with the second one being an atmospheric river bringing the potential for FEET of snow…

* Storm #2 Wednesday-Thursday
    - a stronger, more favorable jet position may result in
      longer duration and higher snow/rain amounts.
- colder system (snow levels ~6000`) with a weak moisture tap.

* Atmospheric River guidance hitting on a long duration event for
  midweek, but exact position of AR is lower confidence.

The position of the jet along with the weak-moderate moisture tap may allow for a couple
feet of snow in the high Sierra from Wednesday afternoon - Thursday.

- NOAA Reno, NV today

We’ll let the photos do the rest of the talking.