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She was sprawled flat on her back midway down Sesame Street, her little arms spread-eagle and her snowboard straight up in the air. "I can't get up!" she shrieked. "For God's sake, Emma, stop screaming!" yelled her dad, who was about 50 feet downhill from her. "Just roll over and GET UP!" Snowboard rental: $30. Condo for the weekend: $1,300. Teaching your child to snowboard: your sanity. Or that's the way it can seem. And yet on any given day, the mountain is filled with happy gangs of parents and older kids. How did they get there? How did little Tyler and Sasha learn to ski without Dad having a coronary and Mom hitting the bottle?
Heavy snow has prepared Mammoth for a robust holiday season. More than three feet of new snow fell on Mammoth Mountain in the storm that ended Thursday night, following winds that gusted up to 107.6 miles an hour at the summit of the 11,052-foot peak.
With snow on the way to supplement a base of manufactured snow, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area will open Little Eagle Lodge on Thursday, Dec. 20, a resort official said. The opening, which will affect Chair 15/Eagle Express and Chairs 13 and 14, is due to coincide with a storm system that began early Monday with light snowfall and will continue through Thursday night.
Online tributes continue to pour into the Mammoth forums Web site for Dave Ebbens, a beloved skier from Encinitas who died of injuries suffered while he was skiing in West Bowl on Monday, Dec. 10.
Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Reno issued a winter storm watch for Mammoth and the southern High Sierra beginning Thursday, Dec. 6 and continuing into the early part of the weekend. Snowfall amounts that could exceed two feet are expected, the weather service said. After hedging their bets earlier in the day, the forecasters said the path of the storm on Tuesday afternoon became "a little more certain, and favors the central and southern Sierra, generally from Carson Pass south to the Mammoth Lakes area."
The Mono Lake Committee
Lots of activities throughout the year, including South Tufa walks and a terrific "Bird Chautauqua" in the spring.
The Sierra Club Range of Light
Group hikes, XC ski and snowshoe outings and other activities throughout the year.
Friends of the Inyo
Hikes, wilderness restoration and other activities, winter and summer.
Eastern Sierra Audubon Society
Based in Bishop, this group is for the birds. Field Trips, hikes, activities throughout the year.