| June Mountain | |
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  June Mountain Location in California  June Mountain June Mountain (the United States) | |
| Location | June Mountain Inyo National Forest |
| Nearest major city | June Lake, California |
| Coordinates | 37°46′06″N 119°05′26″W / 37.7683°N 119.0906°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Owner | Alterra Mountain Company |
| Vertical | 2,545 ft (776 m) |
| Top elevation | 10,090 ft (3,080 m) |
| Base elevation | 7,545 ft (2,300 m) |
| Skiable area | 1,500 acres (610 ha) |
| Trails | 41 total  15% beginner  40% intermediate  45% advanced |
| Longest run | 2 mi (3.2 km) |
| Lift system | 7: (2 high speed quads, 4 Doubles, 1 carpet lift) |
| Lift capacity | 10,000 passengers/hr |
| Terrain parks | Mambo Upper Sunrise Jib Sunrise Super Pipe |
| Snowfall | 250 in (640 cm) |
| Snowmaking | Yes |
| Night skiing | No |
| Website | www.JuneMountain.com |
June Mountain ski area is a winter resort in the eastern Sierra Nevada of California, located near June Lake, southeast of Yosemite National Park.
June Mountain, like its neighbor and current owner, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, has traditionally been popular with skiers from Southern California, in part because of its relative ease of automobile access in winter compared to the Lake Tahoe resorts, which are traditionally more accessible to Northern California residents. It is also popular with locals, elementary and high school ski programs, and race teams in the surrounding small towns of Mono County, many of whom depend on the resort for a substantial portion of their winter tourism base.
June Mountain hosted the 2006 Ski Mountaineering Race Series and the ski and snowboard portions of the 2006 California Winter Games in March 2006.
June Mountain also offers chair lift rides to the chalet throughout the summer and contains hiking trails and other scenic features that are accessible throughout the summer months.
On June 21, 2012, Mammoth Mountain and the Starwood Capital Group announced that they would close June Mountain for the summer and winter 2012–2013 season, after 50 years of continuous operation.[1] An active citizen movement arose in response, raising concerns about the prospects for sustaining the local community if the mountain closed.[2] With a new strategy to finally invest in snowmaking, a chairlift, and marketing,[1] June Mountain re-opened for the 2013–2014 season.[3]
In 2014, Mammoth Mountain purchased Bear Mountain and Snow Summit for $38 million.[4] In 2017, Mammoth Resorts announced its sale by Starwood to a partnership of Aspen Skiing Company and KSL Capital Partners, later named Alterra Mountain Company.[5]
- ^ a b "Mammoth Mountain CEO Announces Sudden Closure of June Mountain". Powder Magazine. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
- ^ Grasseschi, Wendilyn (July 13, 2012). "Rusty Gregory takes the hot seat over June Mountain closure". Mammoth Times.
- ^ Glazner, Elizabeth (October 28, 2013). "June Mountain ready to reopen on Dec. 13". Inyo Register. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.
- ^ "Mammoth Buys Bear Mountain". On the Snow. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ Martin, Hugo (12 April 2017). "Mammoth Resorts is being sold to a Colorado ski partnership – LA Times". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-12-06.