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“Experience the best of Mammoth Mountain with MammothSnowman.com. Find the latest Mammoth Mountain snow reports, including base depth, fresh snowfall, piste and off-piste conditions, lift and trail status, and the weather forecast. We provide detailed narratives, high-quality photos, and snow cams to give you the most accurate and up-to-date information. Discover the best powder days, plan your winter activities, and stay informed about road conditions and avalanche danger. MammothSnowman.com: Your comprehensive source for all things snow at Mammoth Mountain.”
Steve Taylor, the Mammoth Snowman, started skiing at Mammoth Mountain in 1969. He learned how to ski from the Mammoth Mountain Ski School, which had nine instructors on staff. Steve’s Family used to have access to the Spoiler Cabin on Forest Trail Road in the 1970s, and the Family would come up every month for an extended week-long ski trip.
Steve got his first season pass for skiing in 1983 at the Mt. Waterman Ski Area. A few years later, he stepped it up with a Mammoth Mountain Season Pass for the 1985/68 Ski Season. Most people laughed when he got that first Mammoth Mountain Pass, but Steve skied and had the last laugh as he got 86 days while he was home-based in La Canada.
Steve moved north with his wife Jennifer in 1990 to be closer to the slopes. He had devised a way to run his father’s business from Mammoth Lakes in one of the area’s first home-based long-distance businesses.
Over the last 30+ years, Steve has spent countless hours studying and learning about Mammoth Mountain Weather and Snow Conditions. His weather mentors have been Dr. George, Don Marcelin, Howard Sheckter, and Ted Schlaepfer. Steve has also spent countless hours reading and watching weather discussions from the NWS and multiple Private Weather Forecasters.
One of the Unquie things Snowman started doing back in the early 90s was adding inches and foot markings on his custom ski poles. That allowed for no more guesstimates on how much snow had fallen but real-time after-the-storm numbers from multiple locations around the hill. You would be surprised how off people are when they say there is about a foot.
Snowman started blogging snow, weather, and tourist-based information in 1990 on the old Mammoth BBS system. He then moved to the RSN Forums in 1999 and MammothSnowman.com in 2004 with his Video and Photo Blog reports.
The Facebook platform was added in 2008 and took right off, with the Facebook Private Group taking off in 2017. In 2024, the reach on Facebook exceeded 500,000 during the peak winter months.
Ted Schlaepfer – Meteorologist CCM – The WeatherGuy
Ted’s Family has had a condo in the Mammoth Lakes area for decades. Over the years, they frequently traveled from the Bay Area to access what they thought was the best snow on earth.
We met Ted, the WeatherGuy, about ten years ago on the Mammoth Mountain Forum. He checked out MammothSnowman.com and offered to do a Powder Forecast.
Those forecasts have caused many people to get multiple powder days on Mammoth Mountain. Ted Posts is here on the website from around mid-November into mid-May, every Tuesday and Friday by 5 PM.
Jon Goettig – Pt. Time Snow Reporter – I met Flaskman on the old RSN forum during the 2000/01 Winter season.
When we started skiing on Mammoth Mountain together, I was like, wait a minute. He was the other guy making tracks in my secret lines all those years. It also turned out that his family cabin was just five houses up from mine in Mammoth Lakes.
Over the last 25 years, we have skied several hundred days together. He is one of the rare people I trust with his snow surface observations. While not a local, Jon spends 50-60+ days on the hill, most weekends, when Snowman is off the hill. During the 2023 season, Jon hit that coveted 100+ day mark.
Mammoth Snowman Community – Many people text and email us photos and snow observations; everyone thanks those who put in the effort. It’s about the community and getting the most current and accurate information.
