Ride Into The Summer

How great a snow year was this in the Sierra? Mammoth Mountain announced yesterday that they'll be open until July 4. Since October, Mammoth has received a record 52' of snow. Now for those of you back east, the little ' mark after the 52 doesn't mean inches, it means FEET. If you don't care to do the math that's 632 inches of snow, and probably more falling this weekend. This means that even when summer comes and the valleys below are warm and green, we'll still be snowboarding in the high country. How great is that?

Oh, and the heavy snowpack also means that our five-year drought is officially over. I guess that's good too.