Mammoth Beats All-Time Snowfall Record & Still Has World’s Deepest Snowpack
Mammoth Beats All-Time Snowfall Record & Still Has World’s Deepest Snowpack
Published : 05-Apr-2023 02:27
Mammoth Mountain in California has officially surpassed its season snowfall record, previously set in the 2010/11 season, with an incredible 17.65 metres (58 feet) of snowfall in total so far this season.
Along with fellow Californian ski area The Palisades, the resort has already extended its winter season through July and is yet to set a closing date so visitors will be skiing and riding well into the summer months.
California has seen incredible snowfall this season with a series of mega-storm cycles that began at the end of last year continuing throughout March and another storm currently hitting the Eastern Sierra, which dropped 76cm (2.5 feet) overnight, Mammoth has broken its all-time season snowfall record.
The previous record set 12 winters ago was 16.96 metres. All snowfall recordings are taken at the base of Main Lodge at Mammoth resort, but the summit of the mountain has recorded a massive 22 metres of snowfall over the course of the season. Currently the snow at Main Lodge is 6.98 Metres deep and 8.53 metres deep at the summit – the deepest in the world by some distance.
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