Mammoth Mountain To Open A Fortnight Early, For Halloween Weekend

Mammoth Mountain ski area in California has announced that thanks to October snowfalls and with more heavy snowfall on the way, it plans to open a fortnight earlier than expected.

With its original opening day target already one of the world’s earliest on November 13^th, the new dates of October 29^th will make it one of the first in the world without a glacier to open for the 21-22 season.

Forecasts indicate the resort will receive up half a metre (20 inches) of snowfall from a storm due to hit at the start of the new week from lunchtime Sunday 25^th.

Three Colorado ski areas have already opened, the first in North America. Wolf Creek opened on the 16^th and is currently open weekends only, Arapahoe Basin opened daily from the 17^th and Keystone opened on the 22^nd.

International leisure travel to the US will be permitted again from some countries from early November.