Here's my full report.
Friday - drive up. Instead of hauling up to Mammoth, there was a detour to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Enjoyed great views of the Sierra Nevada range from the other side of the Owens Valley. Hiked the 4.25 mile loop trail, looking for the
unmarked 4,600 year old Methusalah tree. In Mammoth, there was yummy Giovanni's pizza for dinner.
Saturday - late start skiing at 10 am but once started, kept going until the chairs stopped at 3 pm. Skied all open lifts (1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 23, Gondola). Soft snow but so much fun, and hardly anyone was there. Later in the afternoon, explored the roads around the lakes and went to Roberto's for dinner, love that place.
Sunday - did Saturday all over again except for starting/stopping an hour earlier. Stump Alley, one of the biggest runs, was
empty in the afternoon. I watched Chair 2 run for 10 minutes with no one on it.
I felt very fortunate to be there. They had morning race camps, and those salted runs made for pretty nice skiing later on. You could see the resort working hard, trying to harvest the remaining snow, to push it around to create skiable strips to get you from one area to another. They're having a women's ski camp next weekend, mmmm, don't know how it'll be.
It felt like summer, which is even better than winter. And I was down one pound this morning, lol. No hating please!