Mountain Review: Mammoth, California

I’ve been snowboarding for about 16 years on the east coast. I went here last week for two days and was absolutely humbled. Best mountain I’ve been on and will probably ever be on.

Greatest days of my life skiing Mammoth! I worked there as a ticket attacher in the winter of 64/65. Lift tickets cost $4.50 for all day. I worked from 7:30am-11:00am then got to ski the rest of the day on a free season pass. There was only 3 chairs. Chairs 1, 2, & 3. Chair 4 came the next year. To get to the top or backside we had to traverse from the top back of chair 3 staying high under cornice bowl to drop in. Dave McCoy was all over the mountain daily coaching little kids. They would follow him like puppies over Gravy Chute on chair 1 like it wasn’t even steep. At the time I was on 210cm Head Standards ( powder ski of the time) or 210 Head Competitions. Leather boots and Marker toe with leather long thong tie down bindings that might release from the toe only. I only broke my ankle once that year! Very special memories! Later we got married on the mountain at the top of chair 8 way back in the woods at our favorite powder and corn snow area! Enjoy reading about those days! Bill Mangan

I've been to Mammoth almost every year growing up in LA. I'm super excited to be working there next winter as a lift operator

SoCal native so maybe I'm biased... but best mountain ever. Hands down.

ive been skiing at mammoth for 13 years since i was 2. I love it, ive skied it corner to corner, and i cant get enough

I love that you don't edit out your slips (falls). Makes me feel better when I "slip".

First skied Mammoth in 1975 ...and still enjoying it !!

As someone who's lived in California for almost 8 years, it's insane that I haven't made a trip down here. Looks beautiful!

I just went to mammoth and snowboard the first time ever. The classes there are fantastic and the people that teach them are so passionate about the sport

Watching this video get me pumped for the season 💪💪

wide footprint is a plus not a minus.. we are on the snow for an adventure, if you cant read the trail map and run into a harder trail you got youre moneys worth in my opinion. if you want a smaller footprint of a mountain, go to mt high. 5min to get down that hill.

This is such an underrated channel! You guys deserve so many more subs than you have! Keep up the great work.

Hitting Mammoth for my first time this upcoming Tuesday! Usually I tend to board around Tahoe, but Mammoths all that is open so far, so stoked!!!

I grew up in Bishop skiing Mammoth in the 70s and 80s. Still my favorite mountain.

Will say the best lunch I’ve ever had was at McCoy Station; something about a delicious bowl of chili and Hot cocoa on a cold day after hours of skiing made it taste so good. It wasn’t too crowded when I went up there either, and once I was done I was able to get right back on the slopes.

Nice review. I don’t know any other mountain as well as mammoth, so it is hard to compare, but it is definitely a great hill. Chair 23 can be a nice reprieve from the lift lines. It does get backed up too, but because of what it services and how it is positioned, it doesn’t ever get too bad…except maybe the busiest fresh snow weekends.

Another good, honest, accurate review with excellent video in support.

Skiing was my dad's sport so we in the 70's would go to Mammoth and sometimes June mtn. during Easter and Christmas holiday. That place has changed a lot since them. Tickets were $60.00 back them. Then in the 2000's my sister moved to Denver and skied all those mtn's. Vail was my favorite. I did not know how light snow could be til I skied Colorado.

You’re getting me psyched for the upcoming season! What resorts are you reviewing this year?

went to mammoth a few years ago and the first day was insane, crazy snow and perfect sun, however it was followed on the second day by a massive storm that shut everything except discovery, gold rush, and canyon. So sadly I haven’t gotten the perfect mammoth experience and I hope to go back at some point