10-9-21 @ 2 PM Hello and thanks for stopping by MammothSnowman.com. Today’s window cast shows crystal clear blue skies with snow-covered mountains above 8000 feet.

Friday was one of those amazing early October Snow Days that makes you feel good if you love snow.

I made up to Main Lodge on Friday at 9:30 AM and there was moderate snow falling.

To be honest it was a bit shocking to see it snowing that hard. The first thing you do when you see dumpage like that is you break out the Go Pro and go for a Snow Day Walk. 

Had all my gear but had forgotten the ruler to get a real measurement of the snow. Looking at the footage once home it appears the amounts of snow that were stated might be underestimated. Yahoo more snow than I thought.

The snow that did fall yesterday started out really heavy, looked like it went from rain to slop and then to a 10 to 1 ratio snow as that main band of snowfall came thru.

While it’s not enough to ski on that snow will slowly melt into what was very dry ground and then freeze. That is step one in getting your snowmaking system to work better. Nothing worse than making snow on dry dirt.

Looking at the longer-range weather outlook there is a good chance that we might get a decent October storm in here after the 20th of the month. Who knows maybe we get blessed with some base snow that they can run early on. I know everyone could use some amazing positive news right now.

Whatever happens, we are in a much better place than a year ago. Feeling stoked right now about the snow on the ground and the white mountain peaks I can see from my desk this morning. It won’t be long till we can All meet again and make some turns.

For those of you looking for Fall Colors I did Rock Creek Canyon on Friday and it was amazing. Had a friend up in MC Gee Canyon yesterday and it was also looking amazing with the yellows leaves on white.

Ski Ya Later Snowman

PS: There are over 30 fresh photos posted down the page with more coming today.

The Mammoth Weather Forecast: Clear Skies into Sunday with a chance of snow showers Sunday night into Monday with much colder weather early next week, brrrrr. After that, Indian summer days and then a change around day 10.

I will be posting a full weather update later this afternoon after all the new data has come in.  If you’re just checking in here at MammothSnowman.com we have a brand new detailed weather center.

Road Conditions: A bunch of roads have now closed due to the 3-6+ inches of snow that fell on Friday. The Mammoth Lakes Basin is closed, the Road to Reds Meadow is closed, Sonora Pass/State Route 108, Monitor Pass/State Route 89, and State Route 120 are also closed until they can clean up the mess.

Anyone looking to travel over the Sierra Nevada this week should plan accordingly. Caltrans will evaluate the roads for reopening today.

Time to get your Winter car kits updated and ready for the upcoming snow season. Practice putting your chains on now not when it’s snowing and dark on the side of the road.