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Get those skis out: Early snowfall adding up at Mammoth, other California resorts

By Chris ErskineColumnist 
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October was kind to Central and Northern California resorts. One Lake Tahoe resort is already open, and the Eastern Sierra’s Mammoth Mountain received 18 inches over the weekend, giving it a 36-inch base at higher elevations.

Meanwhile, popular Mountain High, usually the first resort to open in Southern California, has been running snow-making operations and could start spinning the lifts before its planned mid-November debut.

Here’s a look at some opening dates around the state:

Mammoth: Nov. 10

June Mountain: Dec. 10

Mountain High: Mid-November (could be earlier with favorable weather conditions)

Snow Summit and Bear Mountain: Nov. 24-27 (weather permitting) and Dec. 2-3, then daily beginning Dec. 9.

Snow Valley: Nov. 18 (weather permitting)

Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe: Monday (Oct. 31)

Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows: Nov. 11

Heavenly Mountain Resort: Nov. 18

Kirkwood Mountain Resort: Nov. 18

Homewood Mountain Resort: Dec. 9

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Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine is a nationally known humor columnist and editor who retired from the Los Angeles Times in 2020. Previously he wrote for the Sports, Travel and Saturday sections and edited with the paper’s features staff. As an editor, he has been a part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Times (for his graphics work on the Northridge quake and the North Hollywood bank robbery). He is best known to readers for his weekly humor pieces on life in suburban Los Angeles. His latest book, “Daditude,” released in 2018, is a collection of his favorite Times columns on fatherhood. He has written two other books, “Man of the House” and “Surviving Suburbia,” which reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in New Orleans and Miami.

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