On Tueday I ran into my friend Michelle Shea while riding at Breck, where she convinced me to take a road trip with her to Mammoth, CA, the next day. I can never say no to a good adventure, so I decided to tag along. We left Breck at about 1:30 in the afternoon where we proceeded to drive to Park City, UT, to pick up our friend Alice Gong. After driving 8 1/2 hours to get Alice, we got back on the road, Cali-bound. We had some foggy stretches, and a few close encounters with deer and bunnies on the road, (some bunnies more lucky than others i'm afraid...) but after 9 hours of driving under a full moon the sun finally started to rise! Ahead of us stood Mammoth Mountain and lots of fun shredding to be had. So after only a couple of hours rest, we headed up to the mountain. It had snowed 3 ft earlier in the week, so half of the mountain was open with tons of runs top to bottom, plus a park with endless fun jibs and a couple jumps. We took the gondola to the very top of the mountain, such an incredible view, not a cloud in the sky and so warm out!
Rode all day, all over the mountain, sessioning the park and running into countless friends from all over the country. Seems that we weren't the only people who wanted to be in Mammoth for the weekend! So after a long day of fun and shredding we ended up leaving to pass out and get some much needed sleep in preparation for the night ahead.
We started out the night at the sushi restaraunt, Sushi Rei, where we watched "That's It That's All," which is mindblowing to say the least. Met up with some friends there and headed over to Whiskey Creek to watch the premier of "The Boned Age," the Grenade movie which is hysterical. While wandering the bar I bumped into some more random people, inlcuding, but not limited to, Fabia aka Camp of Champs head honcho! Ha always a fun surprise seeing her at a random bar. Danced the night away and headed home for a night of serious sleeping.
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