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Snowboarding near LA 2222 Responses
Last post: 5 months, 2 weeks ago | Thread started: Dec 4, 12, 5:43 a.m.
- HijoDMaite
just save your money and splurge at Mammoth it's simply the best!
- Dog-earDec 4, 12, 7:47 a.m. – Permalink
- HijoDMaite
This list shows that the closest spots to San Diego (Summit and Mountain High) are not even open yet...
you'll have to do Bear.
- Dog-earDec 4, 12, 8:12 a.m. – Permalink
- nocomply
Guys, there's really no comparison between Bear/Snow Summit/Mt. High/Baldy and Mammoth. Not at all.
Mammoth is a beast! It's worth the extra diving to get there if you can. They do have a Mammoth airport, but it doesn't get many flights. Most people just drive.
I haven't done much riding for the past 4 or 5 seasons now, but back when I would go a lot I wouldn't even hit the SoCal resorts on the weekends. They just get too crowded. Mammoth can get crowded too, but the mountain is so big you can always seem to find at least one lift line that isn't too bad.
- Dog-earDec 4, 12, 8:39 a.m. – Permalink
- mg33
I'd love to talk my group into going to Mammoth. Three of us have to fly out there anyways from Chicago. Looks like we can fly direct into Mammoth in mid January for around $520 or so. We're meeting a friend in SD because he lives there, it'd be cheap for him to fly from SD to Mammoth. I'd love to make it work, because I really want to do more big mountain stuff this year after not going out west last season.
- Dog-earDec 4, 12, 8:44 a.m. – Permalink
- mg33
Thanks nocomply!
After not going out west last year (although, we did have a badass trip to upper Michigan on Lake Superior, backcountry-ish place) I have to make the most out of this year. I've got this CA trip we're working on, then a trip to either Utah or CO with another group.
- Dog-earDec 4, 12, 10:02 a.m. – Permalink
- letterhead
Mammoth is worth the drive from soCal. what is it, maybe 8 hours? Plus, if you are into snowboarding, Mammoth is definately one of those places that you should visit in your life.
- Dog-earDec 4, 12, 10:57 a.m. – Permalink
- rocketrichard
I've been to Mammoth a few times in my lifetime. It was pretty great. Not much comparable in the area.
- Dog-earDec 4, 12, 1:02 p.m. – Permalink
- nocomply
Shellie - I've been to June Mountian once or twice and it was great, but like any place it totally depends on the conditions when you hit it. I think I heard that it's closing down permanently though, no?
As for places to stay in Mammoth... I don't know of any hostels off-hand. Probably the cheapest route is to get a group of friends to go in together on a cabin. They will tell you there's a maximum occupancy, but if you can get enough people together and exceed that limit by a few bodies it will come out fairly cheap. I've done that in the summer when rates were less to begin with and it came out to like $15 per person, per night.
If you're travelling in a smaller group and that's not an option, I usually find the best rates at the Motel 6, but last time I was there the mattresses were terrible. I guess you get what you pay for.
- Dog-earDec 5, 12, 9:18 a.m. – Permalink
