My family used to own a condo and cabin in Mammoth Lakes when I was a teenager; the skiing and summertime outdoor pursuits were magnificent. But it wasn't until about 45 years later that I discovered that Long Valley was, in fact, a massive caldera that remains quite active. I'd moved away from CA a long time ago and so I didn't get wind of the sizable earthquakes that took place there in the 80s, nor the tree kill at Horseshoe Lake or the ski patrol deaths at one of the vents on Mammoth Mountain. Those things piqued my curiosity about the area that I fell in love with and still do to this day, and in fact has lit up my great interest in geology at a somewhat advanced age. Had I known how seismically and volcanically active the are was I might not have been as keen about spending my weekends up there as often as we did; but the ancillary benefit is that through my interest in Long Valley geology that I've discovered things I didn't know about the area I now live in -- some of which I wish I didn't have to live with (I live inland from the Cascadia Subduction Zone). The more you know, the more you wish you didn't know.
Really nice short Vid informative and helpful
Did you guys do Valles caldera??
well EVGA is fucked
I total understand what your are saying man simply does not have the tech to stop them.
Nature always wins. Hence, don't hang out on volcanoes for fun. Especially super ones.
My family used to own a condo and cabin in Mammoth Lakes when I was a teenager; the skiing and summertime outdoor pursuits were magnificent. But it wasn't until about 45 years later that I discovered that Long Valley was, in fact, a massive caldera that remains quite active. I'd moved away from CA a long time ago and so I didn't get wind of the sizable earthquakes that took place there in the 80s, nor the tree kill at Horseshoe Lake or the ski patrol deaths at one of the vents on Mammoth Mountain. Those things piqued my curiosity about the area that I fell in love with and still do to this day, and in fact has lit up my great interest in geology at a somewhat advanced age. Had I known how seismically and volcanically active the are was I might not have been as keen about spending my weekends up there as often as we did; but the ancillary benefit is that through my interest in Long Valley geology that I've discovered things I didn't know about the area I now live in -- some of which I wish I didn't have to live with (I live inland from the Cascadia Subduction Zone). The more you know, the more you wish you didn't know.