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Several feet of new snow sets up a great skiing weekend at Mammoth Mountain
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2/14/2025
January was a quiet month at Mammoth Mountain, but storms in February have already dumped multiple feet of snow across the area. How do they keep up with that much snow?
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While the atmospheric river is bringing heavy rain and extreme weather across California,
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if you get up there in elevation, heavy snow is hammering areas across the Sierra Nevada.
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And joining us during today's ski day, it's a big time ski day if you're able to get there,
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is Emily Van Groening, Communications Manager for Mammoth Mountain. And Emily, I know that,
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what, a year or two ago you had a spectacular snow season, big time numbers. This year, you know,
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we had some quieter spells, but we're getting into it in a big way here today for sure.
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So how much snow has fallen so much, so far today? Yeah, as you mentioned, we did,
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we started super strong in November, over 60 inches, the most we've had in over a decade.
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But then it was a little soft there for a little bit, January, not our best month.
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We're sitting at over 45 inches though for February. And just within the last 24 hours,
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we've picked up two to three feet on the mountain. So we're super, super excited about it. We are
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so excited to get out there and enjoy the snow. But we're expecting snowfall to continue all the
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way through tomorrow afternoon. And then for the storm to clear just in time for the long weekend,
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so we couldn't be happier. That's great. And well, I know that the rhythm of snow in the
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California area is just, it's so chaotic sometimes. So a great start, a little quieter, and you're
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into it in a big way now. Has the volume of snow changed which runs are open? Is it too much too
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fast at times? And are there any issues with high winds impacting ski lifts?
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Yeah, you know, that's, those are all very true things and totally accurate. With that being said,
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so for example, today we did manage to get a few lifts open. Our top priority is always safety of
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our employees and our guests. So with that being said, there were lots of lifts we just couldn't
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open today, mostly due to the fact that we do have some really high winds on the mountain.
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With big snowfall comes some really significant wind. The summit seeing some wind gusts over 80
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miles an hour. So yes, absolutely. In terms of snowfall and too much too fast, we're so used to
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this. It may have been a little bit of a slow start for the season, but it's just another day
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in the office for us in terms of moving a whole bunch of snow that comes down really quickly.
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That's pretty good stuff. So are there extra hurdles with this, with additional heavy snow
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overnight? Is there much that has to be done on a morning like tomorrow after heavy overnight snow
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to get things open and running for the next crowd tomorrow morning? Yeah, absolutely. As you can see,
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it's pretty windy here still, but as the storm rolls out tomorrow, the wind should die down for
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a really amazing weekend. But in terms of how we get ready for the next day, we have our operations,
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CAT crew, patrol teams coming super early. And then we also have grooming throughout the entire
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night to get ready for that next morning and make sure that our lifts open as fast as we possibly
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can again while we're as safe as possible. So there's a lot that goes into it. We work really
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closely with the town just to make sure that the roads are as clear as possible. And we're just
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trying to be as safe as we can, but trying to make sure we get our guests out there to enjoy
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the fresh powder. All right, great stuff. We are happy for anybody with plans to ski this weekend
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and certainly events like these extend the ski season deeper into the spring. We appreciate you
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and all that you're sharing with us. Emily Van Groening, communications manager with Mammoth
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Mountain. Thanks again. Thank you.
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