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FAQs • Mammoth Mountain was founded 50 years ago by Dave McCoy. Although Dave stopped skiing a few years ago (at 87), he and the McCoy family still have a huge and important presence in Mammoth. • Mammoth gets over 300 days of sunshine a year and averages 300 to 600 inches of snow each season. • Opening day this year was October 21st, when a storm dumped four feet in one day. • The whipped cream incident did not happen at the main event last year, and we will never admit it if it did. • Mammoth was open (freaky good spring skiing) until mid-June last year and typically has one of the longest seasons in North America. • A traffic jam in Mammoth is two vehicles in front of you at the stop light, or a family of five in the lift line. • Intrawest (Whistler and 17 other resorts in North America and Europe) owns 60% of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area and is pouring over 1 billion into the Village and other developments in Mammoth Lakes. • Under the letter T: there are four taxidermists and one taxi service listed in the Mammoth Lakes phone directory. • Altitude sickness affects one in five visitors to Mammoth and usually subsides after 24 hrs. Stay hydrated! (vodka doesn’t count) • Snow chains are required by law – lessons on how (and on which wheels) to put them on should also be mandatory. • Learning to snowboard hurts your ego as much as your butt. • Snowboarding on virgin powder makes up for every ache and pain ever felt. • The top of Mammoth Mountain is 11,053’, 2,999’ above the Village. • Yosemite is just behind the Minaret Mountains when viewed from any of the lifts or top of the gondola. • The Village gondola currently stops at Canyon lodge and will eventually carry to the top of the mountain. • .The ski back trail from main lodge to the new Village is expected to be completed within the next two years • The airport expansion and regular jet service will occur… one of these days (currently the FAA is completing a secondary environmental report) • Hummers in Mammoth actually get used off road. • There are over a dozen natural hot springs located in the valley by the airport (10 mins from town). These range from 2 to 4 person tubs to a big pond which has held over 75 people and 13 dogs – with room to spare. In heavy snow you have to walk to the tubs – worth the trip but not for the faint of heart. • Local’s rule of thumb – the lowlanders (LA/San Diego) turn off their brains at Mojave. • Visitor’s rule of thumb – some of the locals have been here waaaaaay too long. • Californians drive 3,000 to 5,000lb vehicles over 300 miles to Mammoth but cannot figure out how to merge in a lift line. • Woolly, the Mammoth mascot, is a“She”
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