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@MountainMonster did you move to Mammoth?
If you are wanting to leave your gear overnight, I believe there are lockers at the base of the gondola. If you are just thinking about day use, there are lockers inside Canyons which is the ski lodge once you gondola over from the village.
@river-z we will definitely check out chairs 3&5. Thanks for the recommendation!Question posed:
Sometimes if there are parallel trails that vary in difficulty we’ll split and then pick a meeting spot or I’ll ski the trees next to whatever trail she’s skiing. Maybe that gives you some ideas.
Chairs 3 and 5 work good for this kind of parallel skiing. There is a blue run off the back on chair 3 and a blue run on the side at chair 5. Meanwhile you can ski the black runs (bumps, trees, powder if it snowed).
Thanks @Pat AKA mustski! Hadn’t considered the overnight option, but I think that could work *very* well to keep from schlepping skis to/from at least once.
@river-z we will definitely check out chairs 3&5. Thanks for the recommendation!
Truth. If the snow is soft, I happily ski that run and I consider myself a scrappy intermediate. Your wife can scope it out from the chair and decide whether to try it or not. Also the backside - chairs 13 & 14 - have some great intermediate skiing with good off-piste opportunities for you and some really great tree skiing.Straight under Chair 5 is a lovely bump run that is (was) marked 'experts only' that is definitely not for experts only.
Straight under Chair 5 is a lovely bump run that is (was) marked 'experts only' that is definitely not for experts only.
Truth. If the snow is soft, I happily ski that run and I consider myself a scrappy intermediate. Your wife can scope it out from the chair and decide whether to try it or not. Also the backside - chairs 13 & 14 - have some great intermediate skiing with good off-piste opportunities for you and some really great tree skiing.
Another way down from the top is the fire road that will take you to 13 and 14 where you can have a beautiful grilled cheese AND and this is a big AND THE TOMATO BISQUE !!
( Don’t pass on The Tomato Bisque )
Better than the fire road (Roadrunner) is to just take chair 12 up and ski down under 13. Roadrunner is narrow and often icy. I am an intermediate skier and have no problem skiing down the face (groomed) from chair 23 if you want to drop in from the top.
Finally, If we’re at Outpost skiing 13 & 14 in the afternoon, what’s the best, non-challenging way to get back to the Village/Ski Back trail? Is the ski back trail worth it or is it super flat with lots of skating and should we just take the gondi back from Canyon?