Mammoth Lakes, California

Location Description

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Walter and Monica after surviving our forty-five minute...
Monica and John aboard our included shuttle ride from...
The Mammoth Yosemite Airport, with fabulous Helvetica signage.
After checking in to our hotel, we unpacked our bags,...
The timing could not have been better. On Friday night,...
Walter surveying our good fortune before we descend down...
Monica, playing in the fresh powder left for us the...
Monica on our first afternoon in town.
Monica has a little wipe out by the side of the trail. ...
Riding Chair 14 up the backside of Mammoth alone. First...
Monica living it up on Mammoth's back side.
Walter pausing for a breather.
Monica riding Chair 14 (most of Mammoth's chairs do not...
John and Monica on Chair 14.
So, we got a first taste of how we might have been taken...
Monica's face distorted by the surface of the water. ...
Monica in the hot tub, indoor. The outdoor tub was so...
John and Monica in the hot tub.
Walking back to our hotel room from the hot tub area...
Monica, Walter, and Alexandra pose for the camera while...
Monica, strapping in to her binding at the top of Chairs...
Snowboarding day 3 at Mammoth (I forgot to bring my...
On the afternoon of day 3, we skied a bit with Alex and...
Monica skiing back to the lodge at the end of the day. ...
Monica riding back to Canyon Lodge.
Monica riding back to Canyon Lodge.
Monica riding back to Canyon Lodge.
Monica riding back to Canyon Lodge.
Monica riding back to Canyon Lodge.
On day 3, we went to the hot tub again, except this time...
Close up shot. Also taken on self-timer mode (Alex and...
Third self-timer shot. Not bad, given the light! (We...
Time-lapse shot of a groomer working its way down a...
Another self-timer shot, in the hot tub waiting for Alex...
Group shot in the hot tub, on our third night, before...
Day 4: Monica and I set out to ride all the lifts we...
Monica casts her gaze at the Minaret range in the...
Monica, skiing Saddle Bowl, appropriately contoured like...
Monica riding Saddle Bowl.
I tried using the digital zoom to take pictures of...
Monica, skiing down to Canyon Lodge for lunch.
Monica, arriving at Canyon Lodge for lunch. Mammoth has...
And now for something completely different: John rents...
John rides the Schoolyard Express. Woo woo!
John trying some one-plankin'.
Seeing these yellow pants on a snowboard make this look...
John, learning it's hard to get your weight on your front foot.
John, sliding on his heel edge.
I definitely picked up a few bruises. Falling over...
I guess my rental boots must have been really packed...
Riding the gondola back to the village after our last...
Walter promised us dessert, to make up for his absence...
This monstrosity was an oversize chocolate chip cookie...
Sadly, with only 3 instead of 4, we could not finish it,...
Alex and Monica about to get on our shuttle back to the...
I managed to set the camera up on self timer mode...
John and Alex, waiting for the shuttle to take us back...
John and Monica on the shuttle ride back to the airport.
Mammoth Yosemite Airport is probably the prettiest I've been to.
Monica and Alex giggle at the paint job on our...
Monica and John aboard our 45 minute puddle jump to San...
After making a loop to the south, we flew almost right...
Trying to capture the propeller of the plane.
As luck would have it, our flight path took us just...
Yosemite Falls, center still flows probably since it's...
Close up of Yosemite Falls.
El Capitan, left, and Yosemite Falls, right.