The ski gods couldn’t script it better; now they just have to perform.

Just as the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area prepares for the 2025/2026 season opener tentatively planned for Friday, Nov. 14, a significant weather change will bring a snowstorm to the Eastern Sierras.

The mountain in the Sierra Nevada Mountains — which is 300-plus miles or about a five-to-six-hour drive north along Highway 395 from Los Angeles — sits at 11,053 feet and has more than 3,500 acres of skiable terrain.

A strong Pacific low-pressure system will bring rain and snow to the area, with about one to two feet of snow predicted for elevations over 9,000 feet. The weather change is expected to come from a strong Pacific trough of low pressure that is expected to hit California late this week. This system carries a heal

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