By Laylan Connelly
From The Orange County Register
California might be known for its sun-kissed beaches, but snowboarding and skiing in summer months—that’s a Golden State treat to put on the bucket list this year.
Summer has had a slow start where I live in Southern California, with overcast gray skies day after day plaguing the region. So when my two young kids started summer break in early June, we figured we’d try to find the sun elsewhere, above the clouds.
This wild winter—the snowiest on record with more than 900 inches recorded at Mammoth Mountain’s summit—has allowed the resort to keep lifts running through the end of July, a “second season” treat that has happened only a handful of times in the resort’s 70-year history….