http://snowboard-women.com/wordpress A blog about snowboarding, snowboard vacations, snowboard techniques and tips, fellow riders, and more! Read on if you're passionate about snowboarding (even though you're a SoCal girl.) Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:34:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bringing the blog out of off-season hiatus for this story...  from an email I received today: Mammoth and Horizon Air proudly introduce non-stop flights from LAX to MMH (Mammoth Yosemite Airport.)  That’s right, the wait is over. Horizon will offer daily flights departing LAX at 2:20pm and landing at MMH at ... http://snowboard-women.com/wordpress/2008/07/14/flights-from-lax-to-mammoth-are-finally-here/ Well, this weekend was pretty bittersweet - it was my last trip to the mountains for the season.  The conditions were really bad at Mammoth - very windy and icy on pretty much the entire mountain.  I had probably the worst fall of the entire year on Sunday, with a ... http://snowboard-women.com/wordpress/2008/04/24/last-post-of-the-season/ This guy, spotted in Mammoth a month ago, was over-the-top with his sun protection - he had so much on that his skin looked gray... it kinda matched his hair! Who knows, his eyebrows may have already been gray but it looked like just the excess sunscreen turned them ... http://snowboard-women.com/wordpress/2008/03/31/mountain-missteps-too-much-sunscreen/ All right, all right, I know I should have posted this weeks ago so all of you folks who drive up to the mountain on a regular basis could have some new ideas for your in-car playlists! Even though the season is drawing to a close (argh, it was ... http://snowboard-women.com/wordpress/2008/03/30/music-to-get-you-pumped-for-snowboarding/ Spotted on the Snow Valley slopes last Monday...   This is wrong on so many levels! http://snowboard-women.com/wordpress/2008/03/23/mountain-missteps-snow-valley-pink-black-nightmare/ On Monday Liz and I both had off work so with her free Snow Valley tickets from a Ralphs promotion we drove up for the day. The cool thing about Snow Valley is that it's on the way to Big Bear, but is about 30 minutes less drive time ... http://snowboard-women.com/wordpress/2008/03/19/snow-valley-st-patricks-day-snowboarding/ It's been very spring-like here in LA the past two weeks, so it's been somewhat discouraging in terms of making plans to go snowboarding. However, the forecast for this weekend is for cooler temps and rain in LA county, with snow levels in our local mountains coming down to ... http://snowboard-women.com/wordpress/2008/03/14/some-snow-forecast-for-local-mountains/ Powder blue jacket, pink and grey camoflage pants, and a purple helmet with pink goggle straps? I'm sorry, but this outfit belongs on a Care Bear, NOT a snowboarder. Do you have any "don'ts" from your time on the hill? Send them in! Email me - erica AT ... http://snowboard-women.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/mountain-missteps-mammoth-purplepink-fashion-victim/ We met Daniella at Mill Cafe right after we met Woolly... she was wearing the coolest sunglasses! She snowboards and was taking a break that afternoon on the sundeck. I had to get a pic of those glasses - classic. Nice meeting you Daniella! Rate this hottie... (and her sunglasses!) ... http://snowboard-women.com/wordpress/2008/03/05/hottie-on-the-hill-from-mammoth-daniella/ We met these guys at Whiskey Creek during the amazing Happy Hour there. (ps- go there from 4pm-5:30pm, you will not be sorry - half price on all their great food!) Group of really cool guys from San Diego, celebrating a "guys weekend" on the hill. From left - ... http://snowboard-women.com/wordpress/2008/03/04/mammoth-hotties-on-the-hill-from-whiskey-creek/