is there a ghost in my house

it was windy and crazy up on the mountain on our day off. No lifts open at main lodge, only the park chairs and bunny slope chairs were running. After tiring of the mini park, we decided to hike out to the hot creek.
it should be noted that i am wholeheartedly embracing my inner snow bro.
mammoth, if you didn't know, is an active volcano. the mountain that we ski and snowboard and work on. neat right? when it errupted 110,000 years ago, it was one of the biggest erruptions in the history of earth. they found ash in nebraska from the erruption! there is so much geothermal activity happening all over this area, including all these amazing hot springs. the biggest one in the area is hot creek, which is heated by magma that is flowing 3 miles under the surface.
no one was out there. just us. usually you can drive right up to the main pools, but there is still so much snow that the road is closed. awesome.
you aren't supposed to swim in the creek right now, as it is changing, almost before your eyes. huge geysers of boiling water suddenly shoot out of the middle of the pool.


even though we have been here a month, mammoth is still absolutely breathtaking. not just because of the altitude. ha ha.

i waded out into the creek, total rule breaker.
the next day it snowed.i feel so content, first time in years and years. remember, you can come visit at any time.