#mammoth mountain

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[dophineh]

a reminder that we live in a galaxy that spiny spins and our planet also spins around a line aligned with a distant star (the north star)

found these photos i took from june 2016

[aimeekb]

Sierra Nevada views from Mammoth Lakes, California

[thechembow]

"Atmospheric river" (OR induced storm) drenches Los Angeles with record-setting rain, blasts Sierra with 160-mph winds

Feb. 6, 2024 - Fox Weather

A deadly [storm] brought life-threatening extreme weather to California this week, breaking rainfall records and slamming the Sierra Nevada mountains with wind gusts that rivaled a Category 5 hurricane...

Multiple daily rainfall records have been broken across the greater Los Angeles area. Downtown Los Angeles recorded 7.04 inches since Sunday. That makes this the third-highest two-day rainfall total on record. The city averages 14.25 inches of rain annually and received half of that in 48 hours.

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) recorded 1.76 inches on Sunday, breaking a 1958 record of 0.56 inches. Since Sunday, LAX reported receiving 4.38 inches of rain.

Santa Barbara Airport recorded 2.39 inches on Sunday, blowing the previous record out of the water set in 1990 of 0.50 inches.

The National Weather Service office in San Diego recorded the highest rain totals for California within 24 hours at higher elevations. By Tuesday at 4 a.m. PST, the NWS said that the area of Lytle Creek recorded 12.22 inches of rain. Deer Creek Dam received 9.21 inches...

Mammoth Mountain Ski Base in California recorded 33 inches in 12 hours by Monday morning. Aspendell, located in Inyo County, picked up just under 28 inches.

[aberjona]

Gateway to Mammoth

[bayoubodycount]

Living in this completely batshit state means 99.9% of the time 4th of July looks like this:

But TODAY it looked like this just 2 hours south in Central California:

[best-views]

Views from Mammoth Mountain, California

[cameronkarsten]

Reflective Layering: Winter

I think about seasons as temporary transformations of emotion, physicality and the obvious surrounding environs. To me, winter is dark, cold, unforgiving, and often turbulent. A time of rest, thick socks, hot wood-burning stoves...

Lake Chelan, WA – New Years 2023 © Cameron Karsten Photography I think about seasons as temporary transformations of emotion, physicality and the obvious surrounding environs. To me, winter is dark, cold, unforgiving, and often turbulent. A time of rest, thick socks, hot wood-burning stoves, and dark beers to ease my moodier outlook of the external world. Being from the Pacific Northwest, winter…

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[thechembow]

Photos: Postcards from the Sierra, where they are still skiing and the water is flowing

Aug. 1, 2023 - LA Times

It was a drought-busting winter.

Mammoth Mountain and the Sierra Nevada range recorded a record amount of snow, as area reservoirs returned to full capacity.

Times photographer Luis Sinco took a drive down the Eastern Sierra's to see first hand the snowmelt that is finally giving way to summer.

Hikers follow a trail along Rainbow Falls in the Devils Postpile National Monument. The falls are fed by the middle fork of the San Joaquin River, which is running strong after last winter's record snowfall in the Sierra Nevada. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

[dissizdan]

[thewildbelladonna]

Collection of Richard Dashut (31/?)

Early 80’s.

[lukeshometube]

A Mammoth, California blizzard made us question if we would make it out. See what this extremely intense storm was like in the 4K video linked here: https://youtu.be/690hIVGbpMU

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