Well after arriving in Mammoth on Monday then spending Tuesday getting acquainted with the mountain (skiing wise), Wednesday was our first day of work at June Mountain (www.junemountain.com). The mountain is about 20 miles from Mammoth Lakes and takes about 35 minutes on the bus which arrives at our stop at 7:15am (ouch!). June is a really nice little resort that attracts mostly locals and hardcore skiers/boarders, and it has one of the best freestyle parks (Jumps, halfpipe, rails etc) in the US. The ride up to the main building is a 10 minute lift ride that gives us some spectacular views of the surrunding mountains, it feels like we are in the heart of the European Alps rather than California! Our first 2 days of work were pretty much all theory, our supervisor lecturing us
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