Happy New Year from Mammoth Mountain! January is Learn to Ski & Snowboard month, and conditions couldn't be better for introducing a friend to your favorite sport or fine-tuning some skills of your own. Speaking of excellent snow conditions, Mammoth Mountain is always your best choice for skiing/riding as the only real big mountain in California offering 27 award-winning lifts, 160 trails now open, five access portals and a variety of activities including tubing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, shopping and dining in the Village at Mammoth. And, remember the best value on lift tickets is the $79 per day deal if you purchase a 3-day ticket, 14 days in advance. Or, treat yourself to the $249 January Midweek Pass! Learn to Ski & Snowboard Month - Lessons + Events Adult and Teen Beginners - Full day group lessons are available at 9:30am and half-day group lessons are available daily at 12:45pm. We also offer a Full-day Beginner Group Package that includes rental equipment. For the best deals, check out our multi-day packages and book at least two days in advance! MAX 4 Mountain Sessions or MAX 4 Unbound Playground Sessions - MAX 4 Sessions are semi-private lessons for adults and teens with a max of four students per group. The MAX 4 Mountain Sessions help intermediate and advanced skiers and riders master the entire mountain from groomed blue runs to powder laps, while the MAX 4 Unbound Playground Session is your introduction to freestyle terrain parks in the country's newest progression park. Unbound Playground Camp - Jan 19-21 The Mammoth Ski + Snowboard School's top freestyle professionals host the first terrain park camp of the year. Spend three days learning the fundamentals and techniques that will help you get the most out of our award-winning terrain parks. The Unbound Playground Camp includes three days of five-hour lessons on-hill, video analysis, equipment clinic and an apres camp party! Sign up today or check the schedule for future camps! Burton Mountain Festival - Jan 11-13 The Burton Mountain Festival returns to Mammoth Mountain this month with free demos of all their award-winning gear, chances to win prizes in the Unbound Terrain Parks, and Riglet Park installations for kids to learn their first jumps and boxslides! National Safety Awareness Week - January 19-27 Safety is central to everything we do at Mammoth, and Safety Week is our chance to have some fun, promote personal responsibility while skiing and riding, and show you what we do behind the scenes! Activities include public sweeps with Ski Patrol, terrain park safety clinics, safety lessons with Woolly, a Day-in-the-Life tour with our patrollers and mountain operators, a poster contest for kids, and more! January Midweek Pass - Ski/Ride for $13 per day! Hurry! Sale ends Jan 7 The January Midweek Pass makes it easy to introduce someone new to skiing and snowboarding, or to get many days in for yourself with premium snow conditions. For just $249 you get lift access every weekday (Monday - Friday) between January 7 and February 1. With full price lift tickets at $99 per day in January, you can easily see how this is our BEST ticket deal!