Powder Days in Mammoth! Feb 10-11

The last big snowfall in Mammoth, I couldn't talk anyone into playing hooky from their jobs, so I didn't go. This time, I didn't even invite anyone! It snowed 44 inches (110cm) over the weekend at Mammoth, so I decided to go.


Unfortunately, I needed new tires before driving in the snow, so I made a quick Monday morning trip to America's Tire Company to replace them, we headed out at about 2:00 PM. We arrived in Mammoth at about 8:00 PM, where we dropped by at Nik N Willie's for a pizza before checking into our "Micro-Fridge" room at Motel 6.


Rasila was still recovering from her knee sprain, so she stayed in the room and studied for her MFT Certification Test with Ziwi, while I left at 8:00 AM to hit the slopes. I had 10 runs in before they opened the top at 10:00 AM. It had not been open in 4 days and was untracked from Dave's Run to Paranoid Flats. I made about 5 runs off the top, then stopped for lunch. After that rest, I still only had legs for 8 more runs in the afternoon. I was aiming for 25, but only made 23. We had a takeout dinner from Perry's Cafe and I slept very well that night!


The next morning, there was 9-12" (23-30 cm) of fresh snow. Nice, light 5% moisture content that I could wipe off with the broom on my ice scraper. I loaded up most of the stuff and headed out at 8:00 AM again. I got 15 runs in before taking lunch at 11:00 AM to join Rasila back at the room for lunch. Check out was noon, so we checked out and I dropped Rasila and Ziwi at the Village at Mammoth and went out. Rasila called about 45 minutes later and she was cold, so I only got about 3 runs in that afternoon before heading back to pick her and Ziwi up. We left about 2:00 PM, and arrived back in Irvine at about 7:30 PM.