Mammoth Mountain Ski Area
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area is a large ski resort in the western United States, located in eastern California along the east side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the Inyo National Forest.
Wipeout Chutes under Chair 23 with The Minarets of the Ritter Range
The view from the top of the famous Cornice Bowl ski run, at the summit of the mountain.
U.S. Forest Service team using a 106 mm (4.2 in) Recoilless Rifle for avalanche control at Mammoth Mountain; Minarets in background.
The Village at Mammoth as seen from the Village Gondola station in April 2010.
Long Valley Caldera is a depression in eastern California that is adjacent to Mammoth Mountain. The valley is one of the Earth's largest calderas, measuring about 20 mi (32 km) long (east-west), 11 mi (18 km) wide (north-south), and up to 3,000 ft (910 m) deep.
View from northeast rim of caldera
Early winter in Long Valley, 2017
Layers of the Bishop tuff, in a rock quarry in Chalfant Valley, about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the Long Valley Caldera, laid down in phases of a major eruption 760,000 years ago.
Hot Creek Fish Hatchery at base of Resurgent Dome