Winter Fitness Challenge: 50+ Miles by end of March

Mammoth Lakes Winter Fitness Challenge

Take the 50+ Mile Challenge! Whether it be skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, running, biking, sledding, climbing, ice skating, etc. commit to completing 50 miles by the end of March.

How it works:

Pick your activity
Log your miles
Submit your mileage as you complete them or weekly by taking a pic of your log and emailing it to parksandrec@townofmammothlakes.ca.gov .
We will update our standings every Monday here and on Facebook (Mammoth Parks N Rec).

All submissions due March 31. Prizes awarded April 3.

Get more info and register here.

Week 3 Standings - Winter Fitness Challenge

Snowman Building Competition

It's snowing.....so we are extending the submission period for the snowman building competition. Submit a picture of your snowman to our Facebook Event Page here or email to parksandrec@townofmammothlakes.ca.gov.

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

Most Creative
How will you stand out from the crowd? Will your snowman make us laugh, change our perspective or be fashionably accessorized?

Recreation Themed
Give your snowman a sense of adventure. What do they like to do? Ski? Climb? Knit? Snorkel?

People's Choice
All submissions will be entered into a poll where the public can vote on their favorite snowman.

Mammoth Ice Rink

Come skate with us this winter! Public skate occurs daily in set session times. Space in these individual session times is limited, arrive early and don't forget your mask! More information and live schedule is available at www.MammothIceRink.com.

Public Ice Skating

Reserve you public skating time in advance. Get a full schedule and reserve your time at www.MammothIceRink.com.

Mono County Library: Written Stories

Join the Mono County Library for this free extra-curricular activity and explore the evolutionary development of human storytelling throughout the school year. Open to all Mono County teens and young adults in grades 9-12. Each series will have span multiple weeks with a different theme. The Written Stories on Thursday evenings from 3:30 to 5:30 pm will start in January and run through April, join for one evening or the full series and discover the way images can tell a story. Get more info and register today!

MAC After School Programs

The After-School Art Clubs are available for students in the Mammoth Unified & Eastern Sierra school districts. The After-School Art Club is a weekly club with a rotation of learning in visual art, media arts, theatre, and dance. The program is open to children ages 5 – 17 and will provide students the opportunity to express themselves artistically in a safe and nurturing environment. Through our After-School Art Clubs, students in Mono County are exposed to art they may not receive in school. As often as possible, the arts and craft projects will include cultural components. Get more information and register here.

Mammoth Lakes Library Virtual Homework Zone

Volunteer high school students will work with K-8 students as Homework Coaches, using their own academic experience to help along their younger peers. Each VHZ is facilitated by the Youth Librarian, Miss Carissa, though Homework Coaches will work with individual students or small groups in zoom break-out rooms. In these distant times, one-on-one connections like this can make a big difference. Held weekly on Wednesdays from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Get more information and register here.

Mono County Virtual Peapod

Socialize with other families in Mono County online in English each Monday and Friday at 10:00 am with Mono Kids Virtual Peapods click here for the Zoom links and on Wednesdays at 6:00 pm on Facebook Live. Spanish Peapod meets virtually on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 1:30. More information is available here.

Mammoth Lakes Library Story Hour

Join Mammoth Lakes library for a virtual story hour Wednesdays at 10:30 am in English and in Spanish on the first and third Fridays of the month via the Mammoth Lakes Library Facebook Page. Mammoth Library also has a resource page to keep school aged children busy while learning from home.

HOOPLA

Watch movies, TV Shows, Audiobooks and more with your library card! Your Mono County Library Card now gives you up to four free checkouts per month from HOOPLA Digital. Click here for more info.

DSES Weekly Virtual Programming

Offering recorded programming on cycling, communication, adaptive workouts, backcountry guiding, story time, gardening and more! Get more info and take a dive into these fun resources today!

Community Service Solutions

Quarantine Kitchen

Check out Community Service Solutions Quarantine Kitchen Live on Facebook every Friday for some yummy and healthy recipe ideas. Fun for the whole family to follow along plus great ideas for staying healthy on a tight budget. More information is available here.

Fitness Fridays

Kids can join fitness Fridays for a free virtual fitness class. K-2 is held from 12:15-12:45pm and grades 3-5 is held from 1:00-1:30. Email Jenna (jmccarthycss@gmail.com) to register and get the zoom link.

Parks and Facilities Update

Our Parks crew is out blowing sidewalks for safe pedestrian travel but please be aware of white out conditions and icy conditions. We recommend you stay home until this storm cycle is over. Restrooms at Mammoth Creek Park and Trails End Park are closed due to the freezing temperatures. For a full update visit our parks and facilities status page here.

Winter Race Series

Hosted by Inyo County Search and Rescue and Sage to Summit in Bishop, CA, this race series is a fundraiser to support our local volunteer Search and Rescue team. All race donations support medical training and the General Fund for the all-volunteer Inyo County SAR. There will be three races in the Series that are each open for one week. Each race will be 5k. Your run must be run between 00:00 Sunday morning and 23:59 Saturday night, and results must be submitted by 23:59 on the Sunday after the race window. The first race ended on Sunday, January 24 but you can still join and participate in the last two races. There will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place recognition for each race (for all three races) in the following categories Male, Female, Kids, (12 and under). There will be an overall winner for the Series in Male, Female, Kids, and Team. Get more info here.

ESIA: History Book Club

Join ESIA for a free virtual book club Saturday, February 6 at 9:00 a.m. as they discuss Diana Meyers Bahr's "Viola Martinez, California Paiute: Living in Two Worlds". Joining the discussion will be local educator Gerald Howard. The life story of Viola Martinez, an Owens Valley Paiute Indian of eastern California, extends over nine decades of the twentieth century. Viola experienced forced assimilation in an Indian boarding school, overcame racial stereotypes to pursue a college degree, and spent several years working at a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. Finding herself poised uncertainly between Indian and white worlds, Viola was determined to turn her marginalized existence into an opportunity for personal empowerment. In Viola Martinez, California Paiute, Diana Meyers Bahr recounts Viola’s extraordinary life story and examines her strategies for dealing with acculturation. Register for this event here.

MAC Art and Wine: Minaret Skies - en español

Join the wildly talented Miguel Flores virtually as he guides you through an acrylic interpretation of our local Minarets with rainbow sky all taught in Spanish. All abilities welcome. This event will be held virtually on January 28 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Pre-registration is required, register here.

Sierra Classic Theatre: A Thousand Words: "Kicking the Bucket"

Join Sierra Classic Theatre this Friday, January 29 at 7:00 pm via zoom for A Thousand Words: "Kicking the Bucket" One of Three RACY One Act Comedic Plays. CPhyllis and Fred find connection at the Casita Siesta retirement home. Written by Mammoth Lakes local Allison McDonell Page. Get your tickets here.

Mono County Status: Substantial

See a full breakdown of California's Blueprint for a Safer Economy and search Mono County to see business and activity sector status'. For information specific to Mono County visit the Mono County Covid-19 Response webpage. Pre-registration for the COVID-19 vaccine is now available for persons 16 years of age or older who are living or working in Mono County. Pre-register here.

Parks and Recreation Department

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ParkandRec@townofmammothlakes.ca.gov
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