skiing CHAIR 23 at MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN!!

Season 03, Episode 93: sup crew! our first FULL day at mammoth mountain did not disappoint as we spent most of our time on chair 23 and chair 9. my first time at mammoth mountain was absolutely incredible in so many ways and chair 23 is no joke. i cant wait to spend more time here and explore this beautiful mountain.

0:00 intro
0:17 mammoth
1:58 skiing
17:45 battle scars
18:15 recap
19:32 outro

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[sheepdawg]

I live in Mammoth and grew up on this mountain. When you dropped into Felipes, I knew there has not been enough snow this season to make the rocks you have to clear easy. You split the rocks like a complete hero. Not much hesitation, and you made it look easy. I know first hand, that it was not. Kudos to your skills. Yes, Mammoth is underrated an not really known out side of southern CA circles.

[jhsports]

Can we all appreciate how steep this terrain Lucas is skiing! Skiing narly double blacks and still having sick shots and insane footage

[LucasCatania]

sorry for the late upload! my laptop kept crashing but after an OS update, it seems to be working .... for now. on a side note, mammoth is definitely one of the sickest places i've ever been to!

[herbh]

What Lucas is skiing is steeper than it appears. I've skied pretty much all these runs, great selections. What makes these runs pretty treacherous is the steepness and rocks all around you or trees. Thanks for the vid, brought back some of the most epic ski trip memories I've had to Mammoth. One trippy thing when you go to Mammoth is waking up to the dynamite blast, they use to eliminate avalanch risk after a good snowfall. Mammoth should definitely be on the bucket list for any advanced skier or beginner as well, they have runs for all levels of skiers. I highly recommend skiiing Dave's Run after a good snowfall, huge bowl near the top, backside of Mammmoth can have alot of uncut powder to find. If you get a chance DO GO TO Jacksonhole Wyoming my friends, you won't be disappointed, one of the best powder skiing experiences I've ever had. Cheers Lucas!!

[actionjackson]

Got a 1 year old in daycare, and stuck in the Midwest. An awesome ski trip is not in my near future plans, so I'll be living vicariously through these videos. Thanks for making them, and congrats on building this channel. Keep it up.

[patrickchase]

If you come back at higher tide, try Kiwi Flats. It's above and looker's right of Philippe's, and merges into it. Get to it by continuing to traverse along the back of the ridge beyond Paranoids 3/4 (you approached from P3 and traversed through P4 the first time you hit Phillipe's, and then came straight down P4 the second). Nice runs - I've only dropped Phillipe's in low snow like that a few times and that gap is no joke.

Some other things to try at higher tide are Werner's, Searby's, Junior's, Balls to the Wall, Varmit's Nest, Huevos, and Hangman's (in very roughly decreasing order of excitement, depending on snow) from Gondola 2.

There's also a massive amount of stuff in the Dragon's Back and Wazoo areas, in between the lines that your skied. BTW I'm 99.9% sure that you actually skied the looker's-right-most Back chute at 13:00 rather than one of the two Head chutes. I had the same misconception about what I'd skied until a longtime local straightened me out.

Other must-skis are the Avalanche Chutes and adjacent runs (esp between Avy2 and Avy3) off 22, and Hemlock Ridge on the backside. And then there are all sorts of secret hits and/or lift-accessed backcountry runs (I refuse to use the s-word).

One of the things that I love most about Mammoth is that in addition to the challenging runs, it's a great place to just blast through wide open wind-buff as fast as you want. I used to ride that mountain on 213 cm Super-Gs (Derek in the race dept hooked a lot of people up with Wolf SGs back then), and they worked.

[Xpyburnt_ndz]

The skis used these days crack me up! They're like water skis compared to my old downhill racing skis of the 70's and 80's! Gr8 vids! I sure do miss screaming down the slopes....get to relive it thru you guys' eyes/lens! Cheers! 🍻

[seanetalley]

Chair 23 remains the best in-bounds terrain I have ever skied. Thanks for recapturing what I felt the first time I rode that lift.

[ActionXander]

Mammoth is such a sick resort. Glad you got to rip all over and send it down those chutes!! The Stoke Elks continue to deliver

[tonniecate]

I am posting on my wifes account. Mammoth is the best. I started going there in 1985 in high school. Back then lift tickets were $20 a da along with big bear. Growing up in san diego we are spoiled, . Skied mammoth through college as well. Great video man.

[rayrayjj]

Just a quick shout out. I can't ell you how much I enjoy the videos. When I'm stressed I watch and take comfort in the fact that their are guys out there doing this. It motivates me. Thank You.

[eitanpaster]

And you did that when there was bad snow. Its even better with fresh snow!

[johnvarney]

You definitely did Mammoth 🦣 a service by showing just a pinch of the goods. So much epic terrain - you shredded it properly 💯

[michaelpanagiotis]

Right on Lucas !
Getting that Eastern Sierra Boogie . . . !

[dphotos]

I am 65 and I have been skiing since I was a kid. Mammoth is my favorite go to mountain since I live in California. I have been skiing those steep runs at Mammoth starting back in the 70’s and we did not wear helmets back then and we used ski leashes with those very long thin skis. I took some wild scary falls when I was younger. I got into ski racing and I enjoyed that too. I miss skiing. Now that I am older I only ski a few times a year. I am glad you got to experience Mammoth. There is no place better after a fresh snow fall. Have a fun season.

[HoleWeete]

I just skied Phillippe's for the first time last weekend with my nine-year-old son and I (not him) was scared shite-less. There was a lot more snow for us and I STILL didn't have the confidence to make a single turn until it opened up below. Granted, I'm a mediocre middle-aged man skier, so I'm only typing this to say that, from experience, this trail is SO MUCH STEEPER than it looks in these videos and that Lucas HANDLES IT LIKE A LEGEND! His two jumps through the rocks makes me want to vomit.

[shopvice]

As a lift mechanic at mammoth back in the early 2000's Chiar 23 was one of my lifts. Skiing the "noids" pre public was the reward for shagging rime ice off that lift and shoveling out the upper terminal (which has some super sweet trap doors to dump the snow out of). Nice skiing.

[daviddreyfuss]

I was worried about how you were going to navigate that narrow, rocky gap on Phillipe but you came through...and then you did it again! Nerves of steel! Mammoth is impressive. Great video!

[movingman]

Thanks for featuring my favorite chair in the world. I've been skiing Mammoth since 1978 when I was 11. Chair 23 was installed in 81 or 82. We were stoked when we knew it was getting installed! Next time make sure you spend at least half a day on Chair 22.

[markclowdus]

Been skiing Mammoth all my life and you covered in a day what would take me a week. You deserve the Jacuzzi after that day. What an awesome way to live.