Thread: Mammoth Mini 2012 - April 19 -22

As Comish and Long Duc Dong suggested, it may be done by April 20th. Sooner is better if more snow doesn't dump.

Fingers crossed for much needed base. I will believe it when it falls.

Fair Weather For the Next Two Days Then Eastern Pacific Troughing Setting Up With Snowfall Possibilities Next Week….
Friday March 9, 2012
Posted at 9:49 am by Howard
.Brief Update Saturday:

Trend is intact for an Eastern Pacific long wave Trof to set up over the next few days. Although the upper jet still favors the pacific NW and Northern Ca through Mid week….The systems become increasingly wetter by mid week. As we get to Friday, Strong upstream amplification occurs on both EC and GFS models. Thus confidence remains high for a significant storm that will bring several feet to the high country of Mono County beginning next Friday through St Patty’s Day weekend. The storm is cold and the Powder by the end of the week could potentially be the deepest and best of the year. (Don’t put your boards away yet!)

Anyone down for a mini mammoth mini? I'm all about striking when the snow is cold, this weekend and next sound good to me. I'm in

4/21-22 looks good. Not sure how much skiing I'll be doing, but I'll be there.

Gone till June... hope we get enough for a post-mini mini.

Brrrrrrrrrring it!

Anyone else in?

I can't make it up until the end of the month, but I hope we get a big storm window to keep dumping between now and then. It looks like I will be there the 31st to the 7th, and again when ever the mini is decided. It looks like we will make the end of April without too much difficulty, assuming this window opens and lets the storms roll in, (a big assumption this year.)

Going up this weekend for sure
Snow all month hopefully

Originally Posted by Piggity

Anyone else in?

Going all in, will be there for 2 weeks straight starting Friday, with a break next weekend. Been powder deprived all year hope this is the fix.

^^^^Damn it. Saturday wine tour with the family. If it dumps, look for me on Sunday.

Hey Charlie, how you been? Maybe catch a few runs if I head up, Same with the others heading up.

This forecast sounds interesting....
http://forecast.weather.gov/product....n=1&glossary=1

IN THE SIERRA ABOVE 7000 FEET, CERTAINTY IS HIGH IN A FEW FEET OF
SNOW, WITH GFS/ECMWF CONSISTENTLY PRODUCING 1.00-1.50 INCHES OF
LIQUID PER 6 HOURS AHEAD OF, AND ALONG THE FRONT FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY. TOTAL LIQUID AMOUNTS ALONG THE CREST ARE AT 3-4 INCHES.
THIS STRONGLY SUGGESTS SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR
WITH GUSTY WINDS AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
STORM. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 FEET ARE LIKELY WITH HIGH
END POTENTIAL AT 5-6 FEET. IN THE MAMMOTH AREA WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED IN TOTALS NEAR 6 FEET AS THE POSITION OF THE JET INTO
THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST WOULD PRODUCE THE LONGEST DURATION OF
HEAVY PRECIP.

Piggity,

Way too few days on the hill. Haven't been many storms to chase this season. But hopefully will get a few in next 2 weeks. PM me if you end up going.

So booked it today. be there 3/17-3/18. PM me and lets meet up. Will be there with another mag in town

Originally Posted by BSS

4/21-22 looks good. Not sure how much skiing I'll be doing, but I'll be there.

Likewise,I will also be there with Patty.
I have 4 BAF invites for the Mini. Pm me your email and I will email you the link.
Acquaintances and long time Mags come first.

Each invitation can be used to buy up to a 3-day ticket for a friend or family member.
Bring A Friend Pricing
Adult (19-64): $69/day
*Restrictions apply. Must purchase at least 1-day in advance. Not available at resort ticket windows. Tickets are name and date-specific – they are non-refundable and non-transferable to another person or date.

Was going up solo but last minute connected with 2 different groups of friends that are rolling up, all non-mags as far as I know. Might be tough to motivate them to meet up with more people, especially on a pow day. I'm sure we'll all be lapping the same chairs anyway. Ullr needs to deliver the goods

Originally Posted by TWINS

Likewise,I will also be there with Patty.
I have 4 BAF invites for the Mini. Pm me your email and I will email you the link.
Acquaintances and long time Mags come first.

Between my wife and I we have 8 invites so hit me up.

I should have some BAF's leftover as well

Anyone score the top this morning? This weekend didn't suck

looks like we got our dump ... all we need is a mini date!

Originally Posted by Piggity

I should have some BAF's leftover as well

Anyone score the top this morning? This weekend didn't suck

We did get the top today. We got some video, including some of Splat ripping the pow. The snow deep and held up pretty well considering the wind that had gotten on it. Probably safe to say the best day of the year at Mammoth.

Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio

looks like we got our dump ... all we need is a mini date!

Xposting from the socal thread where I was giving whyturn a hard time, but this is how it was up top today, piggity - a lot thicker here than over in monument/paranoids, where it blew in super fucking deep and light. Two more storms like this and that mini is gonna rawk. This is what I was talking about Vets. Finally, a real storm. Captain Powder emailed me wondering about the mini...

Big Tim and Mitch...

Damn, you guys fkn scored! Nice pics

It was a great weekend. Likely best pow day I have had for awhile on Monday. Sorry I missed a few of the mags. I was busy chatting up the ladies in the lift lines and skiing with them on Sunday. Monday exceeded my expectations. Skiing solo, I don't have any action shots, just some nice scenics to help me through the summer. See you guys at the mini for sure.