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Over the last couple days Mammoth has turned into a full blown winter paradise despite the fact that it’s May!  In fact the mountain looks just like it did this winter, nothing has changed and it’s frozen in winter time.  This morning started out with sunshine and powder, it took a while for the top [...]

Snowstorms can be great but it’s easy to forget how powerful they can become.  Saturday was the prime example of a snowstorm getting worse throughout the day.  By the time I made it to the mountain, I knew that Roxy Chicken Jam was cancelled due to weather but I figured that I’d still take a [...]

After the recent storms, the sun finally emerged in Mammoth but it was deceivingly not warm out.  Quite the opposite, the winds were blowing hard with the anticipation of the next storm system’s arrival.  It was a good day to keep completely covered up on the slopes with no skin showing. I headed out early [...]

The amount of snowfall in Mammoth this winter has been insanely good.  Town is buried in snowbanks, 4wd has been a necessity and powder days are a plenty!  Today was no exception, 32-50 inches in the past 24 hours on top of all the recent feet of snow we got. I borrowed the Jones Hovercraft [...]

I’d been fighting off getting sick but figured a day off and a good night’s sleep was enough for a powder day today.  It definitely made me feel good enough to commit to today at June.  The snow has been dumping nonstop in Mammoth and June, delivering more feet of snow.  By today it was [...]

Over the weekend a storm rolled into Mammoth and delivered up a couple more inches of snow on the mountain.  The total is now 453 inches (almost 38 feet of snow) and it’s good on the mountain.  So good that I’m happy snowboarding will continue into the spring. Ashley and I hit up the mountain [...]

A quick drive down the highway from Mammoth lies June Mountain.  Nestled back in the trees with views of peaks and the lakes, June is the sister mountain that’s quietly overlooked.  June opened in mid-December but I hadn’t gotten the chance to ride there until yesterday when timing worked out with friends to head over [...]

Since December 20th, nine lives have been lost in North America from snowboarding accidents.  At least four of the deaths have been from riding in trees either from colliding with a tree or falling into a tree well.   As beautiful as winter wilderness is to look at and fun to ride in; snow and [...]

It’s hard to believe that even in April there are Winter Storm Warnings but last night we received another winter storm rolling through Steamboat delivering a powder day on the mountain this morning. During the winter on a powder day you have to get to the gondola early to get in line and start getting [...]

Mother nature came through Steamboat and delivered a late season storm that dropped a couple inches on the mountain today.  It was quite the surprise to wake up and notice new snow outside my house this morning.  I kept to my promise of riding everyday till Steamboat closes and headed out to unsure mountain conditions [...]