for breakfast at home with the paper. Off to the airport with Ski’s and Equipment in tow. Our first lesson at the airport was that there are not bathrooms close to Advantage and West Valley that are open off hours. The next lesson was to make sure you know the combination for the lock box that holds the keys to the plane. After a number of phone calls, we came up with the combination (and found a bathroom). The third lesson was that the parachute in the Cirrus SR22 doesn’t allow skis to fit well into the plane – so we just took our boots. I figure 3 lessons before 8 AM is enough for one day.
We had clear skies for our route of flight – a smooth flight across the Sierra’s and into Mammoth Lakes area. The wind favored runway 9, but the runway slopes upward from the opposite side so everyone lined up for runway 27. There were 3 of us that arrived about the same time – a Centurion 210 from Half Moon Bay landed just ahead of us, we landed, and then another Centurion 210 from Orange County came in after us.Terry and I, the couple from Half Moon Bay, the guy from Orange county all rode over to the Canyons entrance to Mammoth mountain. After changing and renting skis’ we made our way out into the warmth of clear sunny day. The slopes 
weren’t too busy, few lines at the lifts and wide open slopes. We skied throughout the afternoon with one break for lunch at the Outpost by Lift 14. We wrapped the day around 3:30 to turn the equipment in, have a crepe in the Canyons lodge and then meet up with our crew from the morning to return to our planes.
The flight back was smooth – a few clouds below 10,000 feet along the edge of the Sierra’s, but they cleared by Merced for the long fast decent back into Palo Alto. We left the airport by 6PM with time to stop for groceries on the way home so we could make dinner at home.
This would be one of the perfect days in my book. Click Here for some of the additional photos we took during the day.
weren’t too busy, few lines at the lifts and wide open slopes. We skied throughout the afternoon with one break for lunch at the Outpost by Lift 14. We wrapped the day around 3:30 to turn the equipment in, have a crepe in the Canyons lodge and then meet up with our crew from the morning to return to our planes.
The flight back was smooth – a few clouds below 10,000 feet along the edge of the Sierra’s, but they cleared by Merced for the long fast decent back into Palo Alto. We left the airport by 6PM with time to stop for groceries on the way home so we could make dinner at home.
This would be one of the perfect days in my book. Click Here for some of the additional photos we took during the day.
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