Far West Masters Camp & Season Opener at Mammoth 2026

About this event

Far West Masters and Mammoth Mountain open the 2026-27 alpine race season with four days of adult Masters training followed immediately by two Giant Slalom races. The camp runs Tuesday-Friday, December 1-4, from 9:30 AM-12:30 PM at Mammoth and includes drills, gate training, dynamic progressions and video analysis. The current organizer article, linked checkout and October 31 race bulletin all identify GS training on all four days; the broader Mammoth marketing page still contains older mixed Slalom/GS copy, so racers should follow the current registration product and Far West updates. Camp entry is open to skiers 18 and older, costs $600 for all four days or $195 per day, requires the linked waiver, and closes Sunday, November 29. New participants must complete a brief ski assessment before acceptance. The Masters Opener follows Saturday-Sunday, December 5-6, with one GS race each day. Race registration opens November 15 and closes Thursday, December 3 at 7:00 PM PST; entry is $45 per race with a $5-per-race late fee after November 29 at 11:59 PM. No day-of-race signups are accepted. Racers need current Far West Masters and U.S. Ski & Snowboard memberships plus a current US Alpine Masters license no later than 24 hours before the event. Race check-in is mandatory, but its location and time, each race start, course, awards and communications remain TBA. Discounted lift access is $79 per day for ages 23-64, $68 for ages 65-79 and free for ages 80+, or an Ikon Pass; racer and family products are available through the linked Mammoth pages and redeemed in Team HQ. The official bulletin requires helmets for every discipline, a FIS-certified race helmet for GS, and compliance with USSS equipment specifications; fluorinated wax is banned. Weather, wind and snow can alter the program. The current Mammoth event-page hero is a sharp official 2400x1350 GS action photograph at Mammoth, and TrickBook also stores a rendered copy of the exact October 31, 2026 event bulletin as supporting exact-event media. Mammoth lies beyond the normal inventory radius but qualifies narrowly under the runbook’s destination-mountain exception: the camp and sanctioned Masters opener need alpine race terrain unavailable in core Los Angeles and are directly relevant to Southern California adult racers.

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