Itching to get snow in your face?

If you can ditch work on Friday, Mammoth Mountain is offering free lift tickets on their opening day - which marks the second earliest opening day in the resort’s history.

The only other year that had an earlier opening was in 1994, on Oct. 8 of that year. 

So far, the there is two feet of snow at the Main Lodge (8,900ft) and four-to-six feet of snow at the summit (11,053ft).

The early opening can be attributed to a powerful storm that hit the Eastern Sierra.

Meanwhile, temps haven’t been cold enough to make snow at our local mountains.

Mountain High started making man-made snow, but stopped after the weather warmed up. It’s been too wet and rainy to continue making snow.

The same conditions hold true up at Big Bear, where they said they won’t be making snow anytime soon, especially with warmer weather expected this weekend.

“It’s going to depend on the weather completely,” said spokeswoman Bev Oster. “There’s a lot of talking about it, and we are ready to pull the trigger as early as the weather permits. It’s got to cool down more.”

Getting to Mammoth Mountain:

Take I-5 north to State Route 14 north to US 395 north to State Route 203 (300-375 miles).

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