🌱 What Mammoth’s first dusting of snow means for ski season

Good morning Mammoth Lakes! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What Mammoth's first dusting of snow means for ski season
• How new forest thinning plans could protect Mammoth Lakes from wildfires

Also on today's calendar: Introducing Moth Contemporary Ballet: Magic in the Mundane and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 81 and low of 39 degrees.
• Friday: Warm with hazy sunshine, temps: high: 76, low: 39.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 79 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mammoth's First Snow of the Season Surprises Locals (yardbarker.com) — Residents of Mammoth Lakes woke up Monday to the season's first light snowfall at higher elevations, just enough to thrill local skiers and riders. Mammoth Mountain is still targeting a November 13 opening but hints that a strong El Niño and new remote avalanche control systems could allow earlier terrain openings and safer operations this winter.
   

• Special Presentation: 'Forest Management for Wildfire Resilience and Climate Adaptation' Eastern Sierra Now (easternsierranow.com) — A regional forest expert will give a free October 7 talk in Bishop explaining how large-scale thinning projects aim to make the forests around Mammoth Lakes more resilient to wildfire and climate change. Residents can hear updates on the Eastern Sierra Climate and Communities Resilience Project, learn what's already been done, and better understand how this work could protect local communities and landscapes.
   

📸 Around Mammoth Lakes

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mammoth Lakes

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday October 6
• Business Analytics Certification (CBAP) Training in Mammoth Lakes, CA →
  6201 Minaret Road, Mammoth Lakes
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• Introducing Moth Contemporary Ballet: Magic in the Mundane →
  452 Old Mammoth Road, Mammoth Lakes
  7:30 pm
Friday October 16
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by David Catlin →
  365 Sierra Park Road, Mammoth Lakes
  7:00 pm
Sunday October 25
• Closing Day →
  Crowley Lake Fish Camp, 1149 South Landing Road, Mammoth Lakes
  7:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 2
• 5pm & 7:30pm YHS Home Football vs. Tranquility
  Yosemite Unified Oakhurst, CA 93644
• YHS Homecoming Game
  YHS Stadium
  4:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• 2026 12th Annual Owens River Clean Up →
  Pleasant Valley Campground, Bishop
  8:00 am
• Cooking for Health →
  39963 Sierra Way, Oakhurst
  11:00 am
• Boha at South Gate Brewing Company →
  South Gate Brewing Company, 40233 Enterprise Dr, Oakhurst
  12:00 pm
• South Gate Brewing Company →
  South Gate Brewing Company, 40233 Enterprise Dr, Oakhurst
  12:00 pm
• Boha at Queen's Inn by the River →
  Queen's Inn by the River, 41139 CA-41, Oakhurst
  6:30 pm
• Queens Inn Oakhurst →
  Queen's Inn by the River, 41139 CA-41, Oakhurst
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Mammoth Mountain Resort posted a job opening for Retail Sales Floor Supervisor, Satellite Stores - Summer in Mammoth Lakes. Apply here.
• Mammoth Unified School District posted a job opening for Resource Specialist (Teacher) in Mammoth Lakes. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mammoth Lakes here.

🗞 Nearby News

Yosemite Valley

• FAQ: Sell-Off Efforts at Yosemite (npca.org)
• Yosemite's Dome Fire Is Now Bigger Than 5,000 Acres and Glacier Point Road Is Still Closed (activenorcal.com)

Bishop

• Joint Statement of the Boards of Directors Southern Mono Healthcare District and Northern Inyo Healthcare District Eastern Sierra Now (easternsierranow.com)
• The power of geologic mapping: Getting to know volcanoes in California's Long Valley (usgs.gov)

Oakhurst

• Discovering Local: Smokin' Oak BBQ…and more! (sierranewsonline.com)
• 9 Mountain Towns In California So Affordable Retirees Say They Wish They Moved Sooner (takingthekids.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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