It's the beginning of the ski season as Mammoth opens

Those with the Veterans Day holiday off might want to consider heading to Mammoth Mountain ski area, which on Thursday will be celebrating opening day of their 2010–11 skiing and snowboarding season. A storm that moved through the area Sunday dropped 14 to 24 inches of snow on Mammoth, covering the mountain with an excellent base of up to 31 inches for Thursday’s opener, and mountain conditions report 2 inches of new snowfall during the last 24 hours. Temperatures in the 20s have also allowed the snow-making equipment to be operating full throttle.

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.