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California ski resorts bracing for snowfall
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2/6/2025
More snowfall is in the forecast for California, prompting a winter storm warning. Ski resorts in the state are preparing to make the most of the additional snowfall on Feb. 6.
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The atmospheric river that brought rain to northern California is bringing snow to the
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Sierra Nevada mountains and more snow is on the way later today. Joining us from Mammoth Mountain
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is Joni Lynch, the VP of Marketing and Sales for Mammoth Resorts. And Joni, we want to know
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the snowfall so far this season's been at least a little bit of a struggle at times for Mammoth
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Mountain. Tell us where we are today. Yeah, it's been another interesting season for us here at
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Mammoth. We did have great snowfall in November. In fact, over 60 inches of snow fell just in the
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month of November. That's almost half of our total for the season so far. Coming off of a fairly dry
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January, we're moving into February looking pretty good. In fact, we picked up about a foot of snow
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yesterday and we do have a winter storm warning in effect for the Mammoth Lakes area starting at
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10 a.m. today all the way through noon tomorrow. This could be a big producer for snow, maybe up
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to two feet here on the mountain. Yeah, one to two feet of snow absolutely good news of course
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not only for the ski resorts but people forget the snow in the Sierra is so critical to filling
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the reservoirs in California during the spring months. Now, it's also been windy at times of
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high winds impacted ski lifts. We've seen gusts of more than 138 miles per hour are all the trails
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and lifts open and by the little gesture I would assume wind's been a little bit of a problem.
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We have had a lot of high winds this year. It's not that unusual for the Mammoth Lakes area and for this
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part of the eastern Sierra but we have had some winds that have impacted our lift operations and
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terrain openings. Now, today so far we do have some light breezes. This storm should come with
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a heavy dose of wind but we're ready for it. We expect by the weekend the storm will move out and
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we should have perfect temperatures for a great weekend of skiing and snowboarding. And your teams
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are prepared for this snowfall too. What do they do to prepare for this? Always ready for big snow
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here in Mammoth. We get a lot of snow in certain years so we're always prepared. We have people
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ready. We have a lot of heavy equipment to move the snow for the parking areas. Snowcats to groom
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the mountain to provide a good experience. We really love this weather when it comes in and
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when it snows a lot it's kind of fun to be out here in in nature and battling the elements. We
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think it's a good time. All right, Joanie Lynch, Vice President of Marketing and Sales there for
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Mammoth Mountain. Thanks again for joining us this morning. Again, busy starts the season then kind
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of trailed off but maybe they'll get back into it. We have to get to Mammoth Mountain during one of
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these storms. You've got to experience the snow and the wind. I know. Let's see if we can get there. I'm sure
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Joanie would love to have us.
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