I had signed up for this awesome Palisades Crest tour which was scheduled for March but because of some issues we had to reschedule it to first week of May and since I couldn’t find anyone else to join me it was going to be a private 1 on 1 trip. It mean’t me shelling…
I had signed up for a 2 day private ski clinic with Howie, owner and lead guide of Sierra Mountain Guides a long time in advance and the goal was to get better at skiing steep terrain along with practicing some rope work, build anchors etc. We decided to meet at Mammoth Mountain around 9…
A couple of weeks have passed since I broke my leg and I can’t help but think that my injury is relatively minor. I did undergo a surgery but it was straight forward and I didn’t have any cast on my leg. Yesterday after a follow up visit to my orthopedic surgeon, who is awesome…
I saw Shawna, from Uber Mammoth meetup group post this trip sometime in november and i jumped right on it. This season i had made it a goal to travel to different ski resorts across the country and that is why i decided to buy Mammoth MVP premium pass which gives 50% off at all…
This blog post is inspired by a mini site created by Mammoth Mountain and here is my Mammoth story. This year will be my 5th season at Mammoth and in the past three years i have skied close to 100 days on the mountain, i consider it to be my home away from home though…
I am being lazy here and going to be combine 5 classes in one single post. Most of the times, i get asked what i am learning in this class or what runs are we doing. When i tell people its mainly the basics and most of the times we are on blue runs doing…
Last year this was called the season long ski school at Mammoth Mountain but this year even though the name was changed the format remained the same. 10 weeks of skiing lessons every sunday with the same instructor and the same group. Earlier in the season i wasn’t sure about taking it again but then…
As I start another season long ski school at Mammoth, I sometimes can’t help but think what motivates me to undertake the 600 mile round trip journey every weekend. Of course the obvious answer is to get better at skiing and my ultimate goal is to get into ski mountaineering/back country skiing but there is…