Another flawlessly sunny day, with not a single cloud in sight. How lucky we are. I wonder how long this can last – how long until skiing holidays are a thing of the past? Until it’s outlawed on environmental concerns, or just simply too expensive?
Anyway…
Pistes pretty much empty again, with no lift queues. Who could [...]

A good day’s skiing today, with impeccable cloudless weather and fantastic snow conditions.

A short mid-morning stop for hot chocolate, very sweet and very creamy, augmented by a slug of ‘chisky’: cherry brandy and whisky. Lubrication for the knees!

We skiied together for the morning, then after an unexpectedly good lunch, Dave needed to rest his [...]

Adverse weather conditions, but an excellent afternoon’s skiing nonetheless. As it snowed more or less continually, and the wind kept smoothing out the new snow, there was plenty of perfect powder to ski on. Bitterly cold at the tops of the chairlifts though, as the wind bites into your face with the snow stinging and [...]

First morning in Mammoth. Only four hour’s sleep… The weather is SNOWY still! (08:10):

Jen and Dave cooked up a nice breakfast. It made an enormous difference to have shopped beforehand, so that everything was in stock – no need to go out to get anything. Cooking facilities perfectly adequate.

Now it’s brightening up a bit (09:50); [...]

Jen and Dave arrived today! The first of the British contingent; many more to follow.

Quick stop in Pasadena for supper, and to meet the Orellanas and the Massies. Then without much further ado, we were off to Mammoth! Set off at about 20:20.

The Diamante performed well on the way up. Thank goodness. It got a [...]