This time of the year you might be finding yourself at a pumpkin patch. Maybe trying to figure out your kit for Halloween.  Then there is news of an early storm and a cool breeze rolling into Mammoth. Which means it was time to get there right away for the first dose of winter. As the storm came in, it left a blanket of snow on the mountain to start running lifts for the second earliest opening in the mountain's history. Then to put the icing on the cake, Mammoth hit everybody where they didn't see it coming. Anyone that could make it there on October 16 received a free lift ticket. Great idea on Mammoth's part, since I'm pretty sure most of the people that we're of age made up for it at the bars, and the rest of town. I would say most of it went right to the bars though. Way to boost that economy.

The trip started out in San Diego where we piled everyone in the RV including Jack Mitrani, Nick Russell, Elliott Levit and our buddy Tyler. Making it into Mammoth just in time to make it for last call at the bar after a long drive. We then headed up to the main lodge to sleep right next to the lift. Where the next day we would meet up with the rest of our crew. Greg Bokenkamp, Nate Farrell, Danny Davis, Luke Mitrani, CBass and a bunch of others made the drive down from Tahoe.

Of course the weekend wasn't only snowboarding. We all decided to go camping with the whole crew. So after getting a good amount of inventory for a solid night of partying ahead we got the festivities rolling. Then we decided to run wild in the streets each night, with most of us taking a walk through the entire town of Mammoth to try and end up back at the campspot. Great way to start out the season.

- Face of a happy guy with the winning hand

- Doesn't always last with c-lo

- Not exactly roughing it in the main lodge parking lot

- Sticky, Nolan and plenty more enjoying beers for breakfast in the liftline

- They were not kidding when they said free tickets for everyone

- Nick Russell, Joe, Nate Farrell, and Greg Bokenkamp

- Greg getting after it first day out. High speed stalefish off of chair 3

- What's up bitches

- Looking a lot like winter up there

- Matty Mo going fully frontal on the new kinky box, then finishes off in the brown hole

- Danny Davis finding another way down the run

- Ashbury's Lance and Mike Hakker

- Nate and Nick

- You can pretty much tell Matty Mo is from the east coast with a method like that. Especially on that 2 foot jump on the side of the run

- Amazing

- Lots of snow on the mountain. View from town

- Ultimate spot

- Layla going in for a snack

- As you can see here Jack is from Vermont

- Tyler making the natural fridge

- Layla, Danny, and Nick

- If you didn't know Nick Russell can walk on fire

- Tyler puking before we really even started raging

- These are the faces of the hangover

- Little bit of a slow start

- Almost there

- Danny Davis boardslide to fakie on the corner

- Jack pumped to be making turns

- Matty finding a spot to get over some rocks into a landing you don't want to fall in

- Cruising all day then DJing all night. Matty Mo