The great EXODUS out of Mammoth Lakes
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- Sundays February 26th 2023…With Hwy 395 finally reopen after a “hard close” for the last 48hrs the great exodus out of Mammoth Lakes took place today. Miles of traffic backed up in town with police escorting thousands of cars south down through the town of Bishop,Ca …not a moment too soon with a blizzard moving in which is expected to drop 2-4 FEET of snow in the next two days
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As someone who loves snow, loves to ski and loves the mountains this a beautiful video. I am a snow chaser and there can never be enough, though this looks like you have plenty, enjoy.
Very sobering to think of what the Donner Party went through so long ago...
Was thinking about this earlier today !
Wow, sobering thought indeed. 😢
They didn't have snow shovels.
@@philiphorner31 or front end loaders
They ate the first rescue party. From Sutters Fort. 😵😵💫🥴 the locals in Reno also known as lakes crossing told them to winter in Reno .😉
I Love Mammoth Lakes, winter and summer. I was a lift op in 91/92. When my car got covered with snow, l left it buried and I walked to Warming Hut 2. I didn’t use my car for almost 3 months.
Thanks for making these videos! They are historic!
Part of my upbringing was in Mammoth Lakes. At that time there were 600 full time residents in town. We had a little restaurant called the Penguin. It was before Safeway, there was one narrow road to Old Mammoth. The gas station was Atlantic Richfield. (They really did auto repair.) We had the old post office. No fire station.
Leaving town, about 4 miles down at the junction with US 395 is a geyser named Casa Diablo. It was visible all the time. There were no other buildings near the geyser at all.
Go south on 395 a bit then there was a basic airstrip on the east side; and turn left to Mammoth Elementary School and the fish 🐟 hatchery.
On the Mountain we had one chairlift and a rope tow. Later a T-bar was added.
Wondering where you got the 600 number from. I moved to Mammoth in '62. I remember seeing the town sign with elevation and population after I'd been there for several years and it said the population was 450. That may have been an old number, but I don't see 600 people living there before that. I still live here, but you must have been here before me, since there were five chairs, a T-bar, and a rope tow as I remember. I don't really remember learning how to ski, but I do have memories of a rope tow. I think it was on the line that became T-bar 2.
@@midi510
I have no problem with your numbers. I came to Mammoth in the early '50s.
Later when Dave really got going he built like crazy. So the numbers and kinds of lifts and other things changed rapidly.
To be honest I don't remember where I got that population figure. But it was a "common knowledge" item. This I do know, I have been in my little town farther up the state since the '70s and they have updated our population sign once. But we have grown much more than I like!
Did you know that Dave McCoy got started with a portable rope tow? It's location was west of 395 down in the area of Lake Crowley. Very ancient history!
@@michaeldougfir9807
The history of Dave is pretty well documented these days. For a while, I lived next to Gary and Tina. My younger brother and Davey were best friends at the time. We spent a lot of time around the McCoy family in the old days I see Davey and Gary now and then, but am more in touch with Ron. Mammoth is a mess of a micro city now, being inhabited primarily with city people. I have no intention of leaving anytime soon, though. It's still so easy to get away from it all. I'm only three miles from both the John Muir and Ansel Adams wilderness areas. Plus, I've been working on Pisten Bully snowcats at the mountain for going on 30 years and like being top dog.
Just think... in 1844 some dudes led by John Fremont and Kit Carson crossed the Sierras not far North of Mammoth at this very time of year! They went from the East side of the Sierras to Sutters fort ( in now, not then, Sacramento ). The lndians told them not to try it because of the snows. Knowing Fremont he probably decided to go because of being told not to. Early February to early March is how long it took.
When the locals tell you NO be smart and don't go.
Kit Carson was a murderer
then we killed all then Indians, and we have this. was it worth it?
Reading "Blood and Thunder" right now. Great book! Astoria is another epic read on a slightly earlier period of usa history.
There is a wonderful plaque on hwy 395 just north of Bridgeport that salutes this !
Thanks, for the ride!
Being a member of the same community as Mr. Gibson (though we have never met), I agree that this is on another level. Stay safe!
Yewwwwww!!!🏔❄🏂❤🔥💯
Thank you for filming it.
Thank you for sharring with us. Im a big snow lover from switzerland. Never seen so much snow. Amazing
That was cool! Very unique ride thru such a historical event, so awesome, thank you! 👍✌️🥰
Great tour. Thanks for taking us along.
I'm not a Dodge guy at all, but I'm positive that the Cummins is the best sounding diesel you can get in a pickup truck, hands down. I could listen to that motor all day
Would sound even better without the slush-o-matic transmission.
Love mine
It's so unbelievably beautiful. Thank you for sharing!! :)
When you still see that much snow on everyone's roof, you have got to wonder how much damage to the structures there will be. Right now here in WISCONSIN we are going though an all day rain event...with up to 1.5 inches expected. When that water hits the snow, it collects the water like a sponge, and if the temps drop (its expected to be 35-40 today) it will be solid ice. The weight will be phenomenal, and we don't have as much on our roofs as your guys there do. It is a beautiful sight though, if everyone can get through it. Thanx for showing us all of that traffic! Sheesh!
Roofs are built for it in the sierra
Being from So. Cal. I never knew that.
mammoth lakes is not likely to get much if any rain in the next month it is just to high up. it is at 7,881 ft elevation. and yes the roofs are built different there steeper slope and more cross members.
As Joshua Glaser stated, the roofs here are designed for these loads. Where we live (Soda Springs, CA elev 6,800'), the design specification call for roofs to support 375-400 pounds per square foot (depending on elevation). In our neighborhood of about 250 homes we have never seen a roof collapse, and we average 411" of snow per year. We're at 440" so far this year and expecting 36"-48" in the next 48 hours! It's beautiful.
8lbs per gallon of water
GREAT MUSIC TO YOUR VIDEO !!!!!!!! AWSOME
Crazy. Why I gave up snow sports years ago. When it took longer than 45-60 minutes to get to the mountains, done.
Then old age and the cold on the body doesn’t help either.
One of my kids is a lifty at the ski area. Locals say "welcome to Mammoth...now figure it out..." He doesn't have to drive his car so leaves it parked in overflow company parking but has to dig it out after every dump otherwise it will get completely buried and the plows won't see it and...well you can figure it out.
Thanks for the video. June Lake resident here.
Quite a tour! Thanks.
Beautiful Fantastic place to live if love the snow god its beautiful country out there.
Cool , thanks for the tour👍👍
I heard before that the seasonal snowfall record is 800 inches on highest elevation there at Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort. Will it get that high, who knows? The winter of 2018-2019 brought 780 inches of snow according to Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort's TH-cam channel on the mountain top. They still would even have more to go to Mt. Baker Ski Area, Washington where in winter 1998-1999 they got 1140 inches of seasonal snowfall. Well that is the worldwide seasonal snowfall record unless that record was broken in Japan.
I don't live out there in Mammoth Mountain/Mammoth Lakes, California or anywhere else like Breckenridge, Colorado but I looked at TH-cam videos over the years about skiing/snowboarding, and life in general in Western United States.
Be safe when traveling, skiing or snowboarding. I have medical problems and just living on Social Security so I haven't done skiing in 8-10 years.
Gonna be skiing til after 4th of July and a real late trout opener. Very exciting weather indeed!
@@randyneilson7465, well good for you and I wish I was healthy again and well off financially to go a cross country trip to various ski resorts. If you live out there, traveling to skiing to Arapahoe Basin Ski Area(no lodges and/or hotels), Colorado maybe too far to go. But they have had dry powdery snow like in January in May before. Their base is 10,000 feet and over 13,00 feet and the top. It's close to the Continental Divide. I can't change things, this is just what life given me.
I got a lot of snow this year south of Grand Canyon 40 mi. But not this much! I have couple foot on ground with drifts several feet. Snowed in.
From Ottawa, Canada: Looks like home!
The Sierra Nevada's get WAY more snow than Ottawa. Not even close.
We are talking world record amounts possible.
@@TheBandit7613xactly! I’m from Canada ( Quebec) now living in California for the past 16 yrs and the most snow I’ve seen in my life was at Mammoth! Canadians seem to be all over saying that it’s their every day life but don’t know this area at all.
Mammoth lakes gets way more snow than Ottawa
Also, did I mention very beautiful! Stay safe brutha!
We are your neighbors, you passed our house. Awesome video!
When this all melts , that should help refill your reservoirs .
We need more reservoirs !
As I read the first comment … The D word , dang we live in different times , great share brother , I pray for all those who got stuck up there and the dwelling’s they hunkered down in 🤙🏽
Beautiful landscape 👍
Being in Ca high desert I was concerned about the snow caving in my old 88 Fleetwood travel trailer roof this time around!!! Fortunately that didnt happen. Whew. I'm old, retired, all alone and that would have been the end of me.🥶😨🥺😢
God Bless. This was a winter that kept the snow on the roofs in my area. Lots of more extra endless work. LOL
We be old but not done... Keep doin good to others... Meanwhile this semi driver is makin me nervous...
I told my friends to get out there Friday night because a storm is coming.
Sadly they didn't listen, Sat. roads were shut down and then they spent an extra 2 hours getting back home to San Diego.
The purr of that diesel makes this video cool!☑️
That's not a purr but a loud roar. No need for such noisy trucks.
@@keithaustin4705 You mean no need for trucks that can handle pulling loads up the hills around Mammoth Lakes, CA? How do you think all those building got there?
@@kevinkillian795 I live at 9000 ft in Colorado and have been in construction for 40 yrs. A loud truck is not necessary and destroys the reason for moving to a place up in the mountains and enjoying the peace and quiet.
Unfortunately americans don't seem to care about noise pollution or living in harmony with their neighbors.
@@keithaustin4705 Sure you do. That sounded to me like a well-regulated Cummins engine. The exhaust is not even audible in the video.
@@keithaustin4705 Your truck is cute no doubt quiet also. Electric I suppose? Anything else makes annoying noise and smells to someone right? Make America Euro sticker?
Tahoe Donner just out of Truckee in the early 90's a lot of home were built with the garage underneath and the main floor above. I think they were Douglass homes. When the big snows hit I sure see the advantage to that. Nice vid
I lived in Mammoth during the 1982-83 record snowfall, you guys aren’t quite there yet.
Got to love that rattle nothing calms me more than that sound from a diesel engine. Kinda like rain or the crackling of a fire 🔥
Am all set with that much snow idk how u guys and gals up there deal with that much man I watch u and mammoth life and it would drive me nuts
Your video suggests that there will be PLENTY of water in California this year!! 💧💦
Most will run off and never be collected in storage.
Thank you! Loved the ride.
Hey, it was a wonderful ride, thank you for the lift, I wasn't sure if the roads would be open or not. 😐
Thanks for the video.
I live in Montana & the only time I go to Mammoth Lakes is for the annual Bluesapalooza in August. Be safe, to all the residents who stayed.
Love the sounds of that Cummins, it’s so soothing, brings back good memories.
Fun drive, thanks
Thank you for posting, my family is coming out of there.
Amazing! THANK YOU for the no-talking-endlessly non-commentary in your videos. Another youtuber in another snowy place does a similar drive-about filming his mountain town and talks and talks and talks endlessly and it gets a little old.
You're talking about the big bear guy huh?
@@CVRogers17 I cant believe you know their is a big bear guy 😳😱 omig ! their is living people there nooo 😱
That was fun.
A friend went up last and more than half of the condos at St Anton next to Canyon Lodge we’re unusable due to the snow being piled so high. The amount of snow this year has been absolutely insane.
Wow!
Great video thank you
Laying in bed, coffee, watched the whole video. I don't need to go there now... I've been through you. Alohaaaaaa
Thank you for driving, better you than me 😊
Good Easter base at the mountain.
I'd love to see the snow removal budget. Thanks for the video. 👍
I heard that in a normal year, it can be $80 an hours for snow removal service PER PERSON. Now this year, because of manpower shortages, someone posted that they can now get $200 for roofs and driveways. I could not afford to live there at those rate, and my little snow blower would have blown a gasket by now on that stuff
I'd imagine it is reflected in lift prices ;-)
funny fact a lot of the snow removal in my area at least the residents plow a good portion of the roads before the town/county can get to it. dont know for sure if that is what happens in mammoth lakes but suspect it is the same there.
So surreal looking!...combined with the sound of Cummins power. Awesome!!
According to the Mammoth Mountain website the snowfall for the year is now at 555" and another atmospheric river is bearing down on CA for the upcoming weekend. Crazy amount of snow.
Wow
Not only is there too much snow there's too many people.
The Great Walls of Mammoth Lakes
i spent 10 years exploring the eastern sierra while i was in china lake naval research lab. 395 baby. lone pine, mammoth etc. the videos ive never seen anything seen anything like this. this snowpack is once in25 years
More snow heading that way ❄️❄️❄️
Thanks for the drive. Maybe raising the camera to the top of the truck would give a deeper perspective. Just a thought.
Snow way,,,love my 12valve also
i have seen town like this a few times over the years.. the real problem is in the spring when it all melts. Thats gets wild. Howver Super Park will be Epic!
The prices in town are a total rip off,same with the ski hill.There are to many people that come there and most do not know how to drive in snow.There is alot of politics involved in town as to whom and how much the snow removers are gonna charge.Houses and condos are jammed way to close together,just like in the city.Pretty,hell ya it's pretty but for a huge price.I was there when it was nice,makes me want to cry to see how it's been ruined.
They ski the same as they drive bad.
I hear ya John...I've been going to Mammoth since the 80's and that was The Best of times there. Nice get away. By 90's the tourist came in droves and you had to wait to eat breakfast. The mall was built there. Just a big bummer. I went up 2 years ago and stayed close to main street.
@@sylviawelsh9518 100% correct
Beautiful
The only time you be saying glad I live in lone pine
I was just thinking at the beginning of this video how cool it would be if this was in VR360°,.... but this is definitely more than good enough just the way it is & ya gonna love the Cummins clattering away right behind!!
The more snow the better, when it melts it should fill up the reservoirs and rivers and the aguarvoir and ground wells and that should help the farmers and planters, WATER IS GOOD 👍
Wow! That is some snow!
Hang on folks, it will be over soon and you will not be subject to the flooding and raging hell the valley will go through! Stay safe.
I left MMI at 10 and it wasn’t until 2 that I got to the 395. As soon as I got up to the 385 cal trans stopped us as we waited for the next chippy to escort us. The chp showed up and the Caltrans guy picked up his stuff and left as we were the last “escort” down and the floodgates were finally opened.
It was ridiculous that it took us 4 hours to get to the 395 while chp performed escorts. The 395 was completely dry and had both lanes open except in 3 spots. Not sure what the point was other than to keep people slow but there are other ways to do that. (Like Idk write tickets for speeding)
Still 3+ more feet to go in the next 2 days.
Reminds me of I-70 between Summit County and Denver on a Sunday afternoon and evening...
I want to live there... snow makes me happy
Yes, it happened before
Amazing job of keeping roads passable
4:05 that exhaust brake 😍
Iam in Mammoth today!
As you were shooting this, I was skinning up the ski area boundary on the north ridge of Hemlocks. We then skied down to Pumice Flat and skinned back up to Reds Lake. Here's the video: th-cam.com/video/4k1mi-oGcwI/w-d-xo.html It was nice and sunny for most of the skin up, but the next storm had already moved in by the time we dropped in.
Hell yea.
Bet snow will last till June
People will easily be skiing on July 4th
Im curious how the scenic look is.. there is some good steeps in there?
Crazy dump huh. It's beautiful
That Cummins is music to my ears
I need to be there and Live to Ride that POWDER
Do you run your gopro on the front of the truck with or without an enclosed case?
I would not live there without my Bobcat and the snowblower attachment.
tracked jeeps
That's what I call snow!
I am not confident in knowing their are very few businesses in mammoth grocery store, carls jr, library, Mc donalds, breakfast place, of course coffee bean or coffee shop laundromat, rite aid small town. Its a large snowfall and it seems that people some how have to go driving, their is no where to drive in spring time and summer. Its strange how people don't PLAN for the snow in winter in cold areas, they just decide their bigger, more, stronger than the circumstances of the earth. I really dislike some people when their expectations extract, praise difficult, danger, hardship, uncomfortable as a way of living. The people who call you crazy for not driving pointlessly in the snow, cold, freezing temps, for not keeping their expectations at any cost.
Nice tour. Looks like Hokkaido or something.
someone did a good job plowing the roads .. why were so many there when a blizzrd was forecast days in advance ..?? and when you decided to stay were you prepared ???
Your truck sounds fantastic! Deletes?
Wow...
Almost looks like you're in Norway!
Great video! I wanted to go visit my grandson there and now I feel like I did. 12:32
Haven't seen it like that since '68, '69
Looks like you took the grand tour of the town before you left
Have a trip for this weekend..was going to drive up midday Thursday and drive down on Sunday..should I cancel it?? All the snow looks crazy..!
common sense says yes
Man! I was getting car sick....lol
I'm curious, you have a block heater in your Cummins? I have a 6.7 but rarely have the use for one. About the only time was working in ND in Oct/Nov when it was in the high 30's and mid teens a few year back, left before the 30 below though. Mammoth gets cold but not 30 below cold.
Yes, have a block heater and wall/outlet timer to save energy. Pops on at 5am. From there usually start her up at 8am … I’ve done a lot of research and according to the interwebs these newer gen Cummins (mine is 2018) don’t really need to be plugged in unless you’re in the single digits, even then some people swear you don’t need to plug in. Regardless if the temp is 30 or below I plug in… figured it can’t hurt
If that melts to fast… 😮