trikerdad Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 I hope to get in an afternoon session at June Mountain or Mammoth on Sunday on my way back from Christmas with my son. Never been to either and would like to know which one would be my best bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gawdzira Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Mammoth is huge. If you go there focus on a small part of the mountain. The afternoon on a holiday weekend will be pretty bumped up on most runs. What level does your son ski/board? If he is a strong intermediate I would head up from Canyon Lodge to Chair 25. There is great variety on that chair and usually has no crowds. Avoid the bottom of the mountain and you will have less time in a lift line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trikerdad Posted December 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 My son won't be with me. I've got my Prior 185 WCR loaded along with all the Christmas stuff and am looking for some wide gentle groomers. I know it's a bad day for it but I have to take what I can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMWOOD Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 I'd go with June if i only had a holliday-sunday to make turns... Cheaper (13$Diff) Wide open groomers Grooming is better than Mammoth Probably way less of a crowd Wait for multiple non-holiday days for Mammoth . . Then again, you can’t go wrong with either. . Mammoth Rocks, regardless. JMHO :D http://www.junemountain.com/trail_map/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipstar Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Go with Mammoth in general. June has good grooming, true, but it is not particularly steep, and IMHO it is boring and the lifts are in some pretty odd places - on some of the runs you end up having to bomb across these big flats - especially around that lame cafe at the midstation. Mammoth gets quite crowded, but if it is blowing up the slopes, and buffing out the cornice bowl and scotties, then go for some high speed blasts using either the gondola (all the way through the crowds on chair 1 area or chair 23 respectively). Just in terms of speed, it is hard to beat the gondola's speed; what about 8 minutes for a 1km of vert. You could easily do 4 or 5 runs in an hour and wear your self out most nicely! The nice open groomers though will be fairly crowded... halfway between warming hut and the main side are a few easy groomers; super slow chairs, but not so crowded. Chair 12 side sucks. Backside is too hard to get to, and wastes time. Chair 18/Chair 2 (I think the names may have changed now) are the best carving runs, BUT like chair 1 they may be quite crowded. A lot of the imports from LA have to drive back so often the afternoons of a holiday weekend might now be quite as bad as you think. You may also be able to snag a cheap pass off someone else doing a halfday - check on this board maybe even! It depends though; with not much time, June does have its merits; half a day is not enough time to get bored with the about 5 good runs on the upper mountain (the top right side is the best area, if I recall correctly); although you have to waste time going up to the midstation I suppose. Plus June is basically all easy groomers which is probably what you are looking for. If you could somehow tilt June up an extra 10 degrees it would probably be quite a good mountain, as it is I have no idea how it manages to stay in business ;-) Kip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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