Yesterday I joined my friend Chris for a tour up in the Mammoth Lakes Basin. The last time we skied together was about a decade ago and he has spent much of that time living up in Juneau. He kindly looked me up, got in touch, and the next thing you know we're skiing!
Our timing was good. Mammoth reported three inches of new snow the previous day, so we were counting on conditions being "refreshed." We found anywhere from a skiff to 8+" over the day.
We both reveled in the great winter scenery on the way in.
We headed up towards Hammil Bowl but as we got higher we found most open areas were fairly wind affected.
So, we opted for plan B which was to seek out trees where the snow had been sheltered from the wind.
We gained the same ridge I attained Thursday and soaked in the scenery.
The skiing in this zone was terrific!
So good that we headed up for a second run!
More sweet skiing.
We both very much enjoyed the brilliantly beautiful day, the terrific terrain, and the splendid snow!
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