Dateline: Wednesday, March 1, 2017, on the road at 0600 hrs... "Oh Dark Thirty" photo above at approx. 0640 hrs as the sun starts to peek over the hills and mountains north of Santa Clarita along Hwy 14... on the road to Mammoth Lakes, Calif.....
Approaching Red Rock Canyon State Park..... still along Hwy 14...
Approaching I395 North... which we will travel on for the balance of the road trip to Mammoth...
Approaching Lone Pine, Calif... with the Alabama Hills in the foreground and the Eastern Sierra Mountain range in the background..., including Mt. Whitney.
Lone Pine, Calif.
Below, PEACE TEA containers; x-ref: trademarks in use in commerce.....
Bishop, Calif. The front door to Meadow Farms, a famous stopping point for sticker enthusiasts
and meat eaters.....
Crowley Lake, Calif... getting close to our destination now...
Mammoth Lakes, Calif!.... just shy of 6 hours on the road including a couple of stops...
Main St. and Old Mammoth Road just ahead...
Check out the increasing snowpack in the following series of photos.....
Below, the Chair #2 parking lot (aka, The Mill) at Mammoth Mountain... just past 12 Noon.....
Helmet √, Goggles √ (GRENADE®), Gloves √ (DAKINE®), Bandanna √... (x-ref: trademark trivia)
Famed ski run, Cornice, shown below at center of frame.....
Below, Mid Chalet (aka, McCoy Lodge) is buried... you have to negotiate down a steep slope of snow to enter the lodge.....
Below, the top of Mammoth Mountain at 11,053 feet... No Stairs to the snow and that top of Mammoth sign just off center of frame is nearly 20 feet off the ground and with all the snow
at Mammoth it is now nearly buried!...
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11053 Feet: The Video
https://youtu.be/h6EZMChldkE
Below, the next two photos were taken at the top of Cornice.....
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A Slice of Cornice: The Video
https://youtu.be/nemulLYNLgw
Below, four photos of the video looking up at the top of Cornice from mid run and from the bottom of Cornice.....
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A Peak At Cornice: The Video
https://youtu.be/t7pbyfecrO8
Below, Mocha Break at Canyon Lodge looking up at Lincoln Mountain.....
Chair #22, below, which leads to top of Lincoln Mountain...
a few more runs.....
and then that was enough for the day after a long haul up from L.A....
Below, admiring a Subaru in the parking lot with a THULE ® roof rack and ski locker, not to mention the fun sticker that says, SKI LIKE A GIRL, a current slogan for a tribe of female skiers and snowboarders that have mad skills and confidence. Bravo!...
Below, a slight amount of snowpack, eh?!...
*** Video Alert ! ***
Apres Ski Exit: The Video
https://youtu.be/-1dtJ7wvdBA
Below, passing "The Village" at right.....
Stopped in at P3 to have my skis tuned.....
Stickers on display at repair station at P3...
ARMADA® skis on display at P3...
BLACK CROWS® and K2® skis below.....
Other Main St. based businesses in Mammoth Lakes, above and below...
Old Mammoth Road, below, featuring more local businesses and in the background, the Sherwin (mountain) Range...
Old Mammoth Road, below, with the top of Mammoth Mtn. and Lincoln Mtn. just right of center frame.....
That's all Folks!...
Respectfully submitted,
William Maguire,
www.TrademarkEsq.com
(All photos and videos by & Copyright William Maguire 2017.)
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