California to become first state in US to make ski helmets compulsory

California may be the first US state to introduce a law requiring children to wear helmets on the ski slopes next winter. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is currently considering whether to make a bill in favour of such a helmet wearing requirement in to law, the bill passed through California’s senate with a two thirds majority this week.

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It’s been more than 30 years since originally envisaged, but Mammoth Mountain in California has finally begun work on a new Village Ski Back Trail which is expected to open in 2011. It will give skiers and snowboarders a new option to get from the slopes of Mammoth Mountain to The Village at Mammoth.

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Reno-Tahoe International Airport will be getting a daily flight to Mammoth Lakes, Calif., just in the time for the winter ski season. Airport officials on Monday announced that Horizon Airlines will offer the flight Dec. 17 through April 11. The 76-seat Bombardier Q400 will leave Reno daily at 4:30 p.m., and arrive at Mammoth Mountain at 5:20 p.m. A return flight leaves Mammoth at 4:20 p.m., arriving in Reno about 50 minutes later. Officials say the flight will originate in Seattle, and make the stops in Reno and Mammoth Lakes before continue to Los Angeles.

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