Snowman’s Mammoth Mountain Snow Report

The Next Snow Report Update will be on Tuesday 12-12-23… Snowman

12-9-2023 @ Noon – Snow surface conditions on Mammoth Mountain are still a ton of fun on the limited amount of open runs. The base at the Snow Study Site is 11 inches with 18-20 estimated inches of base up top. That’s low tide and why most lifts and runs remain closed. 

Lifts now running are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11 and Gondola 1 and 2. The Mill and the Main Lodge areas are open with full services. 

As mentioned, Canyon Lodge will open next weekend with chairs 8 and 17. Snow has been made on Swell and a path down to 17, but that’s it as of today’s update for snow over on the Canyon side.

The 12 open groomer runs, including Cornice Bowl, continue to offer up some good turns. The machine-groomed snow surface you’re skiing and riding on is a bit firm to start the day and then loosens as the sun comes up during the morning hours. I skied it for 4 hours on Friday and had a total blast.

Snowmaking continues nightly and into the morning hours, with the Snowmaking Team working on Lower Solitude, Roller Coaster, Fascination, Easy Rider, and Swell over the last week.

You need to watch for small obstacles, bare spots, and little floaters rocks in a few sections out there. I would avoid Rusty’s runs there where floaters top to bottom in there on Friday.

Up top in the Lower Drop Outs, there is some nice wind buff now forming. Many people have been lapping this area, packing out the snow, and making some great turns.

Cornice Bowl has been a fast delight and had a bit of a softer snow surface on Friday from the 3 inches that fell on Thursday night. The groomed section is about half as wide as when there is a good base, so you need to watch yourself mid-day. 

On the Face of 3, the base is really low tide; you can see the rocks on the skier’s left as you ride the lift. You can still get some good turns on Center Bowl as the day warms up; take it slow in the rocky and slick upper 50 yards of the run.

West Bowl has some big bumps with flatter wind-buff sides to ski. It’s best to enter from Saddle Bowl as the top is still too low tide to be worth it. I got a deep core shot in there this week, so be careful, especially in the upper sections.

Broadway: Of all the runs open, Broadway still has some of the best snow on the hill. Do beware of the bare spot on the skier’s left just as the run drops into the final Main Lodge section.

Andy’s Double Gold: The snow surface in here was excellent, with the best snow on the skiers, right, watch yourself as there is a race fence line set up on this side. Taking Silver Tip to Andy’s was worthy of several laps.

Gremlins Gulch: Low Tide Adventure Skiing on wind-buff snow with softer snow on top. It’s always fun to ski Gremlins, and it’s really interesting when the snowpack is this low. Fun stuff, just watch for rock.

Saddle Bowl: Groomed flat and perfect with no icy spots, just firm, fast fun down the Saddle. Try linking it nonstop with Mambo all the way down to the bottom of 2.