Ski season has arrived! Bear Mountain opened for the season on Thursday and Snow Summit opened yesterday. And with that, the California resorts are all up and running.

With the holidays fast approaching, it’s time to get some gifts for those closest to us. I have an idea for a GREAT gift for Christmas or Hanukkah. Don’t give them MORE STUFF – give them an EXPERIENCE! Give them a ski trip to Mammoth Mountain with the coolest group of skiers and snowboarders around – the AEA club!  You can pay for the trip at the link below. Just print out the web page for the trip of your / their choice, put it inside your card in an envelope and slip that under the tree! Best of all, they will share this experience with you, building memories together :

Here are info and sign-up links for our 2026 Mammoth trips. Dates are:

Fri-Sun, Jan 23-25, 2026
Tue-Fri, Feb 10-13, 2026
Fri-Sun, Mar 27-29, 2026

I especially recommend the mid-week trip in February for your friends and family, as it’s less crowded. We have only 8 more slots available on this one, and filling those will get us a bus for the trip.

I hope to see you at Pray for Snow next weekend

Andy Dawdy
President, AEA Ski and Board Club