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Mammoth Mountain to remain open until April 20

By Chris Erskine
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Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

The days are getting longer and the drifts are getting shorter, but plenty of the white stuff is still left at Mammoth Mountain. “We have a great base of snow . . . and good, long, sunny days,” says spokeswoman Laura Johnson. The entire mountain will be open through April 20, with good coverage top to bottom -- snowpack is running 8 to 10 feet.

Canyon Lodge closes April 20, with the popular Pond Skim event. Prizes will go to the best costume and to anyone who makes it across the 100-foot pond. After Canyon closes, the mountain typically runs between seven and nine chairs (conditions permitting). Spring Fest deals begin then, with lodging/lift ticket deals starting at $111 per person.

The offer runs through May 16. Individual lift tickets will be reduced during this period from the usual midseason rate of $79 for adults to a spring rate of $64. Info: www.mammothmountain.com, (800) 626-6684.

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Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine is a nationally known humor columnist and editor who retired from the Los Angeles Times in 2020. Previously he wrote for the Sports, Travel and Saturday sections and edited with the paper’s features staff. As an editor, he has been a part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Times (for his graphics work on the Northridge quake and the North Hollywood bank robbery). He is best known to readers for his weekly humor pieces on life in suburban Los Angeles. His latest book, “Daditude,” released in 2018, is a collection of his favorite Times columns on fatherhood. He has written two other books, “Man of the House” and “Surviving Suburbia,” which reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in New Orleans and Miami.

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