MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN BREAKS 600 INCHES!

This morning Mammoth Mountain Ski Area reported a season's snowfall total of 606 inches--50 and a half feet--two feet more than the previous record set in 2005-2006. And it's only March.

Still the sun came out yesterday, the streets are clear and ski patrol is working hard on opening up the whole mountain. The forecast is for warmer temperatures, clear skies and epic skiing.

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL RECORD SHATTERED. 600" THIS WEEKEND!

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As predicted in yesterday's Flash an overnight storm brought the season's snowfall total for Mammoth Mountain to 589 inches easily eclipsing the 2005-2006 forty year record of 578.5 inches.  More snow is forecast for tonight and through Saturday. The fifty foot benchmark will fall this weekend. It's not too late to pack the car and drive to Mammoth for this historic event. Five stories, 50 feet, 600 inches of snow! Don't miss it.

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN APPROACHES RECORD SNOWFALL

You could be here when it happens. If you hurry. "Yeah, I was in Mammoth," you'll be able to tell your grand kids. "I was in Mammoth when the Mountain topped 50 feet of snow."

Fifty feet. 600 inches. Five stories! The record set in the 2005-2006 season, a seemingly insurmountable 578.5 inches, will be history by the time this posts. At 10:00 a.m. we were a piddling 16 inches away and it's been snowing rats and hogs ever since. No, the record's a goner. But the big five-o, the magic 600, now that's something.

Maybe we should have seen it coming. After all the Mammoth ski season got off to the best possible start, a record 209 inches in December. But this was a La Niña year, unpredictable as a three year old in a petting zoo. January was quiet. February a bit above average. Then wham, a monster March, that has locals reaching for liquor and analgesics. Snow piled beyond the seldom seen 500, snowballing toward the never seen 600 inches.

So grab your gear, pack up the car and don't forget your camera. This is gonna be great!