- Friday, November 13, 5-8pm – Exclusive Dinner with Mali Noyes
- Friday, November 13, 6:30-10pm – Music and Movie at MBC
- Saturday, November 14, 9am-2pm – Eastern Sierra Snow and Avalanche Workshop
- Saturday, November 14, 5-9pm – Annual Kickoff and Fundraiser with Mali Noyes
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Date: Friday, November 13
Time: 5pm-8pm
Location: Wind Drift Studios, 94 Old Mammoth Rd, Mammoth Lakes
Tickets: $250 – limited quantity available
Mali Noyes is joining us Friday evening for an exclusive evening at Wind Drift Studios. Mali is a professional skier and nurse who brings endurance, technical skill, and determination to big mountain skiing. In spring 2025, she set out to ski all 93 lines in Andrew McLean’s The Chuting Gallery, the guide to steep skiing in the Wasatch. She completed the project in just 47 days, setting a new speed record and a new benchmark in ski mountaineering. She’ll speak to the planning, fitness, risk management, cumulative fatigue, and community behind the effort.
Evening will include dinner from All American Dave’s, drinks, and a special presentation and discussion with Mali.
Date: Friday, November 13
Time: 6:30-10pm
Location: Mammoth Brewing, 18 Lake Mary Road, Mammoth Lakes
Tickets: Suggested donation to ESAC at the door
An evening of music and a movie at MBC! Doors open at 6:30pm, with a suggested donation to support ESAC. The Bishop Funk Collective will be playing two sets – one at 7pm and one around 9pm. Between sets – around 8pm – we’ll have a showing of the Matchstick movie. Space can be limited – get here early to secure a spot for the evening!
Date: Saturday, November 14
Time: 9am-2pm
Location: Wind Drift Studios, 94 Old Mammoth Rd, Mammoth Lakes
Tickets: Free – Please RSVP to reserve a spot
Join us Saturday morning for the Eastern Sierra Snow and Avalanche Workshop. This is free and open to the public. We will continue to add speakers to the list, and a presentation schedule will be posted closer to the event.
Zach Guy – Lead Forecaster, Crested Butte Avalanche Center
I’ll be presenting on a project that revisits the D-scale and demonstrating a new mass-based tool that aims to improve consistency and accuracy. Aligning on observed avalanche size is a challenge for both professionals and recreatonalists, yet size is instrumental to risk communication. I’ll be reviewing the background of our current D-scale and some of the challenges of applying it. I’ll present a tool I’ve been developing with several colleagues (Erich Peitzsch, John Sykes, Bruce Jamieson, and Ron Simenhois) that uses snow density and avalanche dimensions to quantify an avalanche’s mass. We compared results from the mass-based tool to pro-observed D sizes for 143 case studies, and I’ll share the results of that study. Finally, I’ll show how users can apply the tool by sharing a few examples and lessons I’ve learned from using it.
Date: Saturday, November 14
Time: Doors at 5pm, show at 7pm
Location: Canyon Lodge, 1000 Canyon Blvd, Mammoth Lakes
Tickets: $30 – includes 1 entry and raffle ticket
We’ll have our famous raffle, light appetizers and drinks, a silent auction, and ESAC merchandise. You’ll also be able to check out tables from some of our supporters! Tickets are available for purchase online or in-person at the door. Additional raffle tickets will be available for purchase at the door.
The silent auction will be live 1-2 weeks before the event. We’ll have stellar prizes from our generous donors! Auction closes at 8:45pm on November 14.
Mali is a professional skier and nurse who brings endurance, technical skill, and determination to big mountain skiing. Rapid Fire is Mali Noyes’ project to ski all 93 lines in Andrew McLean’s The Chuting Gallery, the iconic guide to steep skiing in the Wasatch Range, as fast as possible. In this talk, Mali shares what it took to complete the project in just 47 days, setting a new speed record and a new benchmark for what’s possible in ski mountaineering. She’ll speak to the planning, fitness, risk management, cumulative fatigue, and community behind the effort.
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