Madness—Mammoth, California

When it Snows More Than Ever Before, the Only Thing That Makes Sense...is SkiingBy Jake SternJanuary blurred under the weight of 220 inches of snow that fell at the base of the Mammoth Mountain. Each morning I’d get up at dawn armed with nothing but a little Tuffy and shovel the fresh snow from our long and tiered path down to the car, dig out a trench in front just enough that I could rev out of my spot and trundle to work fitting boots at the shop. A little while later, my girlfriend, Ri