How many days? for me, not enough! ...although I had some quality days since I chased several storms (Only skied in NM and CO)
Mammoth is usually an undesirable place to ski during storms because so many lifts are closed. You CAN get good storm skiing when 3, 5 and 22 are open, but the more violent storms, like most of them in Jan/Feb 2017, close those lifts too. Now that I'm retired I I try to avoid scheduling into storms, sometimes aim for the 2-3 days after a storm ends, but even there you'll often still have wind and limited lift operations on the first day. 48% of my lifetime skiing at Mammoth is in April or later (vs. 20% of overall skiing) because that's when Mammoth shines most relative to other ski areas.We ended up cancelling several planned trips because it was blizzarding or would be blizzarding shortly. Yes, we love to ski powder, even what passes for powder in Mammoth. But taking a difficult and possibly dangerous drive, to be "snowed in" and unable to ski because the mountain is closed, or minimally open, is not our favorite thing.
Presumably you had no pneumothorax (I had 3% in the 2008 accident at Mammoth). But that's what concerns the doctors most in broken rib accidents. Did they give you the device to practice inflating your lungs? http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=6752I have to go in for another X-ray today to make sure my lungs are staying clear
Well how would we define "a day"?
Did it wonder if "you've fallen and can't get up?"I once used one of those vertical counting apps -- made a few runs and then stood by the side of a race course. Got a message on it saying " You have not moved in one hour". Turned it off and never put it back on again....
That would be a good safety feature on the app. But then it would be sending all the ski patrol to the summit bar !Did it wonder if "you've fallen and can't get up?"
I was hoping to get another day at Squaw tomorrow (July 2), but it's not going to happen as I had a dirt bike crash yesterday. I wasn't doing anything stupid (unless you consider just riding a dirt bike or riding one without full body armor stupid.) One second I was cruising along on road that had deep dried grass in many places and the next my head, ribs and shoulder were bouncing off a place in road that cows must have tracked up when it was muddy and it dried hard and unevenly.
I'm fortunate that friend was riding with me and I was able to slowly ride dirt bike back to where my vehicle was parked. After taking a couple of Aleve, I drove myself 10+ miles to Kaiser with friend following me on his bike that is freeway legal, but also works on dirt. X-rays showed a non-displaced fracture of my clavicle (collarbone) and minimally displaced fractures of the 3rd through 6th ribs on the same side which makes it very hard and painful to get up and down even with meds they gave me. I have to go in for another X-ray today to make sure my lungs are staying clear and then go to Orthopedist Monday morning. I don't think they will do anything besides look at it and hopefully give me better meds. . View attachment 26230
Thanks John. Today was the first day I got out of rented hospital bed in the morning without giving 1/2 Percocet time to kick in.Sorry about your dirt bike accident. hope the pain goes a way within a month.