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SKI > Mammoth, California
When people talk about Mammoth, they normally say something like "yep, wow, can't wait to get back there". Or "the best skiing I have had in the US". Or "I love the incredible diversity of the mountain". Or "bloody hell it was impossible to drive there in the blizzard". Mammoth Mountain creates fans, and that is a combination of the excellent quality of the snow, (people do say that it is a drier powder on that falls on the east side of the Sierra Mountains), the weather (over 300 days of sunshine) and the altitude (3,300m) which keeps the snow cold and the season very long (this season they stayed open til the end of May 2024).
The village has smart shops, great hotels, hot pools, restaurants, bars and night clubs. The mountain has plenty of options to eat, drink and have a coffee break.
Image Credit | Mammoth Mountain
GETTING THERE
Mammoth Mountain is 387 miles from San Francisco which weather permitting will take you about six and a half hours. That is as long as you are not driving into a massive snow storm that turns the I-80 freeway into a carpark which can happen. If you are familiar with the area skip over the next bit. For those who have not driven the road before watch weather forecasts carefully, there are roads that Google Maps tell you will be open that cross the Sierra Nevada just south…
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