Would You?

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Day strike to Mammoth? Only if it’s gonna be all time. But what if it’s raining in socal, snowing in the high desert, and you have leave at 9PM and drive through the night?

Everyone was claiming that this would be the “coldest and lightest powder ever at Mammoth”. Ok, but what if the weather didn’t cooperate when we got there? What if the clouds never cleared out, and the top never opened? What if we missed first chair because the roads were so bad getting there? So much goes through your mind when you’re thinking about driving 8hours through night with poor road conditions and questionable mountain weather upon your arrival.

Sometimes though…it all works out:

We arrived in Mammoth at 4AM. We were very lucky to have Tallie let us crash on the floor of her house in our sleeping bags (no heat, empty house, but we did have a fireplace) which let us close our eyes for 2½ hours. At 7AM, alarms were buzzing, and the clouds started to give way to bluebird skies. We geared up quick, and hopped back in the car.

Quick bite. New York Bagel screwed up Lane’s order. If they don’t screw up someone in your groups order – that’s weird and probably bad luck. We were in mostly empty Mill parking lot before 8:30. Temps were LOW (15deg in the AM), wind was light, sun was out, and we took the below photo at 8:45AM. The top opened 2 hours later. To see the rest of the pics from the trip, check out the Picasa Gallery

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