JP's Mammoth Lakes

12/18/2024

This post covers 15 fun things to do in Mammoth Lakes in winter ⛷️ > https://californiawanderland.com/things-to-do-in-mammoth-lakes-in-winter/

12/18/2024

12/18/2024

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11/22/2024

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Jussie Smollett marked half the country with a scarlet letter lie — and he’s getting away with it.

09/30/2023

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08/18/2023

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01/15/2023

Mammoth wins!

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Where does a snowman get the weather report?
The winter-net! (ba dum tss🥁).
More bad jokes aside, check out the 24-hour/48-hour snow totals from the recent winter storm below!

10/05/2022

Fall colors at Mammoth Lakes

When Mother Nature Shows Off Fall is the best time of year to get outside on the eastside. Adventure grows big, bright and beautiful in a Mammoth Lakes fall. The natural awesomeness of the Eastern Sierra gets painted gold, crimson and orange and provides a backdrop for any epic story. Moments of pur...

05/27/2022

https://www.mammothtimes.com/news/mammoth-goes-into-high-gear-as-tioga-lakes-basin-opens-for-season/article_bd4d39b8-ddeb-11ec-9ac1-3bf32a625a84.html

Most of the Eastern Sierra's front country recreation sites and roads will be open by May 27

10/05/2021

06/23/2020

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Reds Meadow Road opening June 26: careful planning required to access valley

The Inyo National Forest and Devils Postpile National Monument announce that the Reds Meadow Road will open on Friday, June 26 for the 2020 season.

Typically, the Reds Meadow Shuttle Bus helps provide access to popular destinations within the Reds Meadow Valley, which has limited parking and a narrow winding road. However, the shuttle service will not operate this year.

Rangers will need to carefully manage access to the Reds Meadow Valley. Rangers will monitor parking lots and will not allow vehicles to drive in once lots are full.

Visitors with wilderness permits will need to carefully plan since holding a wilderness permit does not provide an exception to enter the valley if parking is not available. This will include wilderness permit holders accessing the following trailheads in the Ansel Adams Wilderness: Fish Creek, Minaret Lake, John Muir Trail (JMT), Shadow Creek, River and High trails.

Permit holders should be prepared to park elsewhere and hike the additional miles to the trailhead. Additionally, if a permit holder has a coordinated drop-off or pick-up at their trailhead, these vehicles will be permitted through (no long-term parking).

Visitors should also be aware that parking is extremely limited at Minaret Vista and people should avoid parking on brush. Adequate long-term parking is available at the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area.

Devils Postpile National Monument will open on June 26 as well. All trails in the park are open, but the park Ranger Station and campground will not open this summer. There will be a public contact station outside the Ranger Station where visitors can receive park information. Parking in the Devils Postpile Ranger Station area is very limited. Rangers will monitor the area and will close the parking lot to additional vehicles when necessary.

Details and updates on the National Monument’s operations will continue to be posted on our website https://www.nps.gov/depo/index.htm and social media channels. Updates about NPS operations will be posted on www.nps.gov/coronavirus.

The campground in the Reds Meadow Valley are not opening with the road. When the campgrounds open, they will be available first-come, first-served. Please check here for updates: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recmain/inyo/recreation.

“We appreciate your patience this year while we provide access to this area under a significantly changed operation,” said Gordon Martin, District Ranger for Mammoth and Mono Lakes Ranger Districts. “We want to provide a quality visitor experience that avoids crowding, traffic jams, and gridlock.”

The standard amenity fee is being charged to access the road. It is $10 for a standard vehicle, or the Interagency Pass is accepted. Payment must be by credit card.

The Reds Meadow Road accesses popular recreation destinations such as Devils Postpile National Monument, Reds Meadow, and Sotcher Lake. The area is popular with anglers, hunters, hikers, campers, and others.

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05/22/2020

Following the approval of Mono County's Variance request to move into Expanded Stage 2, Shady Rest Park (including the new Shady Rest DiscGolfPark®) and the Volcom Brothers/Little Brothers Skatepark are now OPEN!
In accordance with CDC guidelines, playgrounds at both facilities will remain CLOSED until further notice.
Please follow the Responsible Recreation Guidelines while using these facilities and be kind to each other!

For further information, please visit www.MammothParksAndRec.com or call (760) 965-3690.

05/22/2020

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PRESS RELEASE:

A Letter of Thanks to our guests, second homeowners, and all those who love Mammoth Lakes and Mono County

Thank you for giving us a fighting chance.

We all find solace in the mountains—that’s why we’ve made our lives here, why we vacation here, and why we love it here. On behalf of our entire community, we are so incredibly grateful to you for staying home during the challenging first weeks of the COVID pandemic.

Because of your selflessness, and your committed regard for the greater good, you flattened the curve, and gave Mammoth Hospital the time needed to prepare. And prepare we did. We transformed our small critical access hospital into a facility ready to care for patients with COVID-19. Because you sheltered in place, physical distanced, maintained hygiene, and covered up, over the past seven weeks we were able accomplish all the following:

• The surge capacity of the hospital has increased from 17 to 40+ patients.
• All hospital personnel and visitors are required to wear facial coverings.
• ICU bed capacity has increased from 2 to 6 ventilated patients.
• There is daily screening and temperature checks for all hospital staff and visitors.
• The inventory of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is at 60 days on hand during a surge.
• There is staff housing available and patient overflow capacity.
• COVID positive and negative zones have been established.
• Patients can be tested and cared for at home.
• Rapid in-house testing is now in place.
• Work from home policies and processes limit the number of employees in the hospital.
• Labor pools and cross training of staff are in place to be surge-ready.
• A telemedicine program allows patients to access care from home.

We ask that you please continue to be patient with us. Understand that our greatest objective is avoiding a surge of patients. As Mono County reopens, things will look different. We will still need to physically distance. We will all need to be patient, slow down, and exercise kindness with strangers, neighbors, and the workers who serve us. We will all be required to wear face coverings while out in public. This is new territory for all of us, but we are adaptable—it is one of our greatest strengths as human beings. Please know as much as we want you back here with us for a beautiful Sierra summer, we are still following Governor Gavin Newsom’s directives, and will not move ahead of the state’s directives.

We stand at the ready, as excited as you are to get back to the places we know and love, and to know the mountains will be calling again. Take heart—we will be together again soon.

Wash. Cover. Distance. Be kind to one another.

In solidarity,

Mammoth Hospital | Mono County Public Health | Mono County | Town of Mammoth Lakes | Mammoth Lakes Police Department | Mammoth Lakes Fire Department | Mono County Sheriff

03/18/2020

• All bars, breweries and wine-tasting venues in Mono County shall close, excluding production facilities that do not include any customer or other public contact. • All restaurants shall be closed for indoor or outdoor seated dining and may be open only to drive-through or other pick-up or deli...

11/05/2019

We know it has been incredibly dry lately, and sadly there are no storms on the horizon through the middle of the month. The big question then is: Does having little or no snowpack in early November mean that it will be a dry winter? Nope! There is no correlation, so let’s look at recent years as an example.

We started with a rather healthy early season snowpack in 2014 and it ended up being a record or near record dry winter in many locations. 2015, 2017, and 2018 were all quite dry early on and we ended up with near or above normal precipitation for the winter. The winter of 2016-17 started with a bang and just never stopped, leading to a record wet winter in many locations.

The reality is that seasonal predictability with decent accuracy is beyond the current state of the science, so time will tell what this winter will bring.

For more details on the graphics: The bottom images show NASA MODIS satellite views focused on the Sierra for early November 2014-2018 with the associated overall winter precipitation percentiles on the top. Winter precipitation (rain and snowmelt) percentiles in yellow and orange are below normal, with red being record driest; while the greens indicate above normal precipitation, with the dark green being record wettest. If it’s white, it just means near normal precipitation was experienced for those locations over the winter.

09/17/2019

Snowing at Monitor Pass already!

09/17/2019

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TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES SUBJECT TO PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFF