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Mammoth Mountain Ski Area is a large ski resort located in Eastern California, along the east side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the Inyo National Forest. Mammoth has more than of skiable terrain, serviced by 28 lifts, including 2 gondolas. The area has of vertical, rising to an elevation of ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mammoth - Ski resort facts )〕 and enjoys a long ski season. The resort was founded in 1953 by Dave McCoy and, since 2005, was owned by the Starwood Capital Group. ==Description== The ski area is located on the north side of Mammoth Mountain in the volcanic Long Valley Caldera. Overnight guests stay in the town of Mammoth Lakes, California and occasionally in neighboring towns such as Bishop and June Lake. June Lake's ski area is also owned by Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. The top of the mountain has challenging chutes and open mogul runs. There are eight Unbound terrain parks. Unbound Main, adjacent to Main Lodge, is highly praised by extreme snowboarding and skiing enthusiasts, and is one of the major attractions of the ski resort. Many of the top professionals in the sport, including 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics gold medalist Shaun White, come to practice and compete in the world famous Super Pipe and Super-Duper Pipe. There are only a handful of SuperDuper pipes in the world. There is also a Mini Pipe. Mammoth Mountain is one of only a handful of resorts in the world to offer a halfpipe of this size, and is the only resort in North America to offer three different-sized halfpipes. Mammoth Mountain also has one of the longest ski seasons in North America, which averages from November to June. The resort occasionally enjoys a longer season, as in 2005, when it opened in October and did not close until the 4th of July. The 1994 – 1995 season was Mammoth Mountain's longest, over ten months, with the resort operating from October 8 until August 13.. Mammoth receives an average of of snow per season, though during the 2010 – 2011 season the resort recorded a record accumulation of .〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Mammoth Mountain Snowfall History )〕 As recently as the 1980s, senior citizens skied Mammoth for free. , those aged at least 80 years may ski free. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mammoth Mountain Ski Area」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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