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California Ski Resort Will Stay Open Longer Than Usual After Record Snowfall

NPR
Published June 9, 2017 at 12:33 PM EDT
This March 2, 2017 photo provided by the California National Guard shows a Guard dump truck helping to clear huge snow drifts from the Eastern Sierra town of Mammoth Lakes, Calif. (California National Guard via AP)
This March 2, 2017 photo provided by the California National Guard shows a Guard dump truck helping to clear huge snow drifts from the Eastern Sierra town of Mammoth Lakes, Calif. (California National Guard via AP)

Thanks to record snowfall in the Sierra Nevadas this winter, some California resorts have extended the ski season well into the summer. Mammoth Mountain will stay open through August this year, something it has only done once before, in 1995.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Mammoth Mountain’s Lauren Burke about what conditions are like on the slopes.

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