Mammoth Wrap Up...

The final official tally on the storm was 37" That’s over two feet at the condo, and 3-4 feet up on the hill in my unofficial report… Pretty good way to start the Christmas Vacation , considering it was pretty dry when we arrived on Friday.




It was sooo windy yesterday that they never opened the top, which is just as well, because we can’t seem to get out of here before 11:00am anyway. Today it probably will open, in fact, maybe it is already open, so naturally we are leaving. I did enjoy a few good powdery turns with Mike on Sunday, during the height of blizzard off chair 25, Lincoln Mountain. Lots of deep powder on chair 7 too. Haha. Really!! This is where we spent most of the time teaching Ashley. On day three, I think she was finally feeling it. This is in part due to Sara taking over as head instructor. Sara has had so much instruction from, Mike, Kalie, Andrea, and me over the past four years, she probably is the most qualified. It appears that Sara finally has her own snowboarding act together.. and was really having fun. WOW! Now if everyone can just get to the same level, someday... someday I hope it's soon.. lol Anyway, with the instructing job taken over by Sara… Kalie and I took off to take some runs on chair 16 until the very high winds shut it down. Kalie is pushing it more and more each time, taking a few jumps, with nice style. She was also good enough to stick with her friend Ashley most of the time. I think that they had more fun just checking out the boys in the lodge. Well I'm sure of that!


Finally a new restuarant in the Village... The Sand Dollar, a much needed Quality Sushi bar and Restaurant. While being on the expensive side,it was really good!!! Lots of expensive specialty rolls, sashimi, and couple beers, and $240 later we were out of there. Yummmmmm… My favorite, Albacore Tataki, Super Yum! The girls favorite, The Waterboy. I have never seen three girls drink so much water. They even resorted to dumping water into different glasses, just to see that waterboy. ..

Oh well, that is it from Mammoth Lakes , California, about 350 miles north of La Conchita.. Merry Christmas too all..