Snow continues to fall on Mammoth Mountain after the ski resort got more than 2 feet of fresh powder this week.
Mammoth Mountain will open for skiing on Saturday, six days sooner than it had planned to begin its winter season.“We are right in the middle of a mega storm cycle that came in earlier this week,” Burke said. “If you like to ski powder, it’s some of the best days you can have. ... The conditions are a blast out there right now.”
As snow continues to fall, some higher lifts are closed due to winds and low visibility, but Burke said 14 of the resort’s lifts are open Thursday.website, which tracks conditions at ski areas around the country. The mountain had a base depth of 85 inches at the main lodge — behind only two other ski resorts nationwide.
“Our snowpack holds up really, really well at this elevation,” Burke said. That base often allows the park to remain open into the spring and summer. After an“There’s a lot more snow that’s going to hit us in 2023, so we’ll see what happens,” Burke said. “It’s going to be one of those seasons that we’re not going to forget.”
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