La tormenta que azotó el estado dejó a High Sierra bajo un manto de nieve. Eso, junto con la producción de nieve, tiene a Mammoth Mountain en camino de abrir este viernes 29 de octubre, dos semanas antes de lo programado.
Aquí hay una mirada detrás de escena, con los trabajadores listos para el día de la inauguración.
Mammoth Mountain ski patrol members head out from the summit to ready the slopes for opening day.
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An aerial view of Mammoth Mountain, which will open two weeks earlier than scheduled thanks to recent snow storms.
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Left, Barback Cody Place works to get the Tusks Bar in shape for Friday’s opening. Right, Ben Werbner of Berkeley sets his snow boots out to dry after hiking into the forest to make some tracks.
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A snow plow grooms Mammoth Mountain’s slopes.
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Ski patrolman Dan Friedman pulls warning signs from a rack as the mountain team gets ready for opening day.
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Florida resident Francisco Urrutia explores a deserted Mammoth Mountain ski area on Wednesday. The mountain will open to skiers on Friday.
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Mammoth Mountain ski area custodial employees confer at the Panorama Gondola base station.
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A snow plow sculpts a ridge atop the Mammoth Mountain summit at 11,053 feet.
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Vincent Valencia sweeps up around the Panorama Gondola summit station.
