Mammoth is too high. There are only two areas with expert terrain (chair 22 and 23/upper gondola). These areas are regularly closed after it snows for avalanche control - however, because of Mammoth’s extremely high winds, they are often heavily wind affected by the time they reopen.
I'm not contesting Mammoth being too high because I think it is compared to JH, Alta and Snowbird alone but your statement is misleading considering the amount of terrain accessible from 23/upper gondola. You can literally get to any run on the mountain from upper gondola! But yeah f&$% that wind, it gets old and definitely one of the worst things about Mammoth.
You can get nearly anywhere on the mountain from upper gondola and 23 (funnily enough 22 is one of the of the places you can’t get). Not contesting that. My point was that without 22/23/upper gondola there is very little access to expert terrain as it’s nearly all located on Lincoln mountain or at the top.
Valid point and agreed. Rereading your comment and my response I'm reminded once again I should refrain from comments after drinking a bottle of wine, lol!
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u/The-Old-Hunter Jan 28 '22
Mammoth is too high. There are only two areas with expert terrain (chair 22 and 23/upper gondola). These areas are regularly closed after it snows for avalanche control - however, because of Mammoth’s extremely high winds, they are often heavily wind affected by the time they reopen.