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Subject: Mammoth Lakes, California
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Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 18:56:12 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 12 18:56:12 1986
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The following information is copied for your information
from the LA Times of Feb. 9, 1986.  Southern California skiers will
probably be familier with most of this.
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"Mammoth Mountain, the nations's largest downhill ski resort, has the
ski season in California- November through June.  The latest closing
day in the resort's 39-year history was July 28.

Yearly snowfall on the mountain averages 335 inches; 567 inches fell
during the 1982-32 season.  The heaviest snowfall for a 24-hour period-
eight feet- occurred in 1969.

The coldest estimated temperature on top of Mammoth Mountain is 45 degrees
below zero.

Permanent, year-round residents of Mammoth Lakes now total 4,500; from
November to May the figure is 7500.

On major holiday weekends 45,000 to 50,000 people fill the village.

In winder, 75% of the tourists come from Southern California; about
two-thirds are ages 20-39.  About half of the summer visitors come from
Los Angeles;  a third or so have annual incomes of more than $50,000.

Mammoth Lakes has 2,500 condominium units.

Mammoth Mountain is the largest volcano in the Long Valley caldera.
It last erupted 200,000 years ago.

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Some more info not in the LA times:

Mammoth currently has 90 inches of snow.  An additional four feet are
expected out of the storm that is currently approaching the West Coast.

The top of the mountain is at 11,053 ft.  The Main Lodge is at 9,000 ft.

Mammoth is located in a trough in the Sierra through which many of the
Pacific Storms which manage to slip this far south funnel.  Because
of this, Mammoth gets considerably more snow than the surrounding area.

Mammoth gets huge crowds but the ski area is equally enormous so lift lines
are seldom intolerable.  I do generally ski downhill on weekdays and XC on
weekends.