Mammoth Mountain marketing chief negotiates air service deals
While the Town of Mammoth fights to keep its head above water, air service at Mammoth-Yosemite Airport grows. The Town Council did seem to agree to pay the Town’s share of air service subsidy,...
View ArticleMammoth Mountain Receives First Snowfall of the Season
Mammoth Mountain issued the following press release: Winter has returned to Mammoth Mountain with a recent storm that dropped 19 inches of powdery goodness on the mountain. Only three months after the...
View ArticleDisabled Sports and Margaritaville
DISABLED SPORTS ANNOUNCES ISLAND EXTRAVAGANZA MARGARITAVILLE!! Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011 Highlights include scrumptious dinner, live music, unique silent auction items and a huge raffle with a Maui...
View ArticleDry December still hosts lots of skiers/boarders
For Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, this December does not mark the driest one on record but close. Mammoth Mountain received 2 inches of snow for December. Joani Lynch, Communications Director of Mammoth...
View ArticleMMSA CEO talks realities to workers
Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory says the Ski Area will give guests more than they expect in this so-far dry year. With just two inches of snow in December and lots of snow-making, Mammoth Mountain...
View ArticleWinter so far tracks drought of 1976-77
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power snow and precipitation graph on the utility’s website says it all. The graph line for this year’s snowpack has nearly tracked the serious drought year of...
View ArticleWeather pattern changes
Snow and rain finally came to the Eastern Sierra with heavy snowfall in northern Inyo and Mono Monday morning, rain in Southern Inyo. The heavy weather caused school closures and slow going. Mammoth...
View ArticleMMSA employees report layoff of 75
As snow finally fell heavily on Mammoth Lakes, so did the axe at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. The serious drop in skier numbers and in revenue this season led to a reported layoff of as many as 75...
View ArticleESNSA on winter biathlon
2012 Mammoth Biathlon March 23rd-25th Yee Haw! The Fifth Annual Mammoth Winter Biathlon is history, and what history you all made. Great range, great volunteers, great Elite and Nation Guard athletes....
View ArticleMLPD arrest man for terrorist threats
On Tuesday, Mammoth Lakes Police arrested Shawn Snyder, 42, of Mammoth. He was booked for a charge of Terrorist Threats. Police Chief Dan Watson said that Snyder was arrested after he had threatened...
View ArticleESTA Board: Mammoth bus service, Reds Meadow opening
The Eastern Sierra Transit Authority continues to talk with Mammoth Mountain Ski Area about a potential bus service transition, and that issue was scheduled to come up at Friday’s meeting of the ESTA...
View ArticleCongress approves bill for MMSA
In a bi-partisan vote of 376 to 2, House Resolution 2157 passed in Congress Tuesday to formalize an agreement between the Forest Service and Mammoth Mountain Ski Area toward a land exchange that...
View ArticleComments wanted
Comments Sought on Mammoth Mountain Ski Area Winter Recreation Project Proposals BISHOP, Calif., May 10, 2012 – The Mammoth Ranger District of the Inyo National Forest is preparing an Environmental...
View ArticleThe Forest Service expects a meeting and a process over June Mountain
Still shook up over news that June Mountain has closed, people in the community and throughout the area wonder what comes next. The full meaning of that move is still unfolding for locals and for the...
View ArticleTown Council meets again on Measure U and air service
Back into a special meeting Wednesday, the Mammoth Town Council will continue to “Discuss, review, and potentially approve the use of Measure U funds to provide air service subsidy funding.” (See...
View ArticleThe ski town with no ski area plans for winter
As the days move close to winter, the community of June Lake faces the fearful fate of no ski area. Citizens continue to work on plans to make their town attractive to tourists, and the issues were...
View ArticleChanges at the Village
More changes in Mammoth Lakes in the news. An existing division of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area will now manage the Neighborhood Company at the Village at Mammoth. The Neighborhood Company manages the...
View ArticleForest Service reviews MMSA plan for June Mountain
Earlier this month, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area submitted a response to the Forest Service on how they will manage June Mountain this winter during its closure and when and how they plan to re-open it....
View ArticleUSFS updates June Mountain situation
Forest Service Update on Status of June Mtn. Ski Area (Press Release) BISHOP, Calif., Dec. 20, 2012 – With new snow on the ground and plenty more on the way, residents and visitors alike are looking...
View ArticleGregory disspells Vail rumors
Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory Persistent rumors that Vail Resorts will conclude a deal to buy Mammoth Mountain Ski Area prompted a call to Ski Area CEO Rusty Gregory. He said he is not sure...
View ArticleWaiting for the snow
Rusty Gregory talks low snow. The town of Mammoth Lakes and Mammoth Mountain Ski Area (MMSA) held their Regular Liaison Committee Meeting on Monday, January 13, 2014. The meeting took place in the...
View ArticleLaw enforcement in sports
(l-r) Eastern Sierra Baker to Vegas team captain Eric Pritchard (Inyo County Sheriff Deputy) and MLPD officer Ruben Ramos just before Ruben’s run. LAW ENFORCEMENT SPORTS REPORT (News Release) There...
View ArticleInyo National Forest planning early openings
– Press release from Inyo National Forest The Inyo National Forest is planning to open recreation facilities on the Mammoth and Mono Lake Ranger Districts early this year based upon warm, dry...
View ArticleGreg Dallas resigns as COO from Mammoth Mountain
Mammoth Mountain press release MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA – Rusty Gregory announced this week several significant changes to Mammoth Resorts’ Executive Management Team. Greg Dallas, Chief Operating Officer...
View ArticleLet the season begin! Mammoth Mountain to open Thursday
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area is opening early. Photo courtesy Mammoth Mountain In the midst of the first major storm system of the year, which dropped a foot of snow at Main Lodge and 2.5 feet up top,...
View ArticleMMSA’s Tomaier, Wisner earn USSSA awards
Press release Mammoth Mountain’s Michelle Tomaier and Ben Wisner were both present in Park City, UT on May 14th, 2016 to accept awards from the US Ski and Snowboard Association. Chairman’s Awards...
View ArticleMammoth Mountain earns top safety award
Press release The National Ski Area Association awarded Mammoth Mountain Ski Area the “Best Overall Safety Program” during the NSAA National Convention and Tradeshow in Nashville, Tennessee on May...
View ArticleSki, ride at Mammoth Mountain through Aug. 6
From Mammoth Mountain Ski Area After an unbelievable winter season, the last day of ski/snowboard operations will beAug 6, 2017. Mammoth Mountain received 618” of snow at Main Lodge [second most on...
View ArticleWounded Warriors and Operation Mountain Freedom
Press release Operation Mountain Freedom brings Wounded Warriors to Mammoth Mountain Ski Area January 22nd to 26th, 2018 Wounded, injured, and ill service members and veterans from across the country...
View ArticleMMSA update: 8 caught in avalanche, only minor injuries
From MMSA SEARCH EFFORTS COMPLETE AT 4:30PM MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA — At approximately 10:15AM on March 3, 2018, Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol was performing routine avalanche mitigation work in a closed...
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