Mammoth Mountain brings its long-running Night of Lights holiday celebration back to Canyon Lodge on Saturday, December 12, 2026, from 5:00–10:00 PM PST. The free, family-oriented evening is centered on a fireworks spectacle over the snow, with live music, festive activities, and holiday atmosphere at the Canyon Lodge base area. Mammoth’s current event page names kids activities in its page metadata but says the detailed 2026 program will not be published until November, so exact activity names, age or height rules, performer lineup, fireworks time, concessions, premium-viewing inventory, and transit hours remain honestly unannounced. General admission is free and the organizer publishes no RSVP, capacity, or event-entry waiver. This is a spectator celebration rather than a public ski or snowboard competition; a lift ticket is not identified as necessary for the free evening event, while any daytime skiing or snowboarding is a separate resort product subject to current lift access, operating hours, mountain conditions, and standard resort rules. Canyon Lodge is at 1000 Canyon Boulevard. Mammoth’s standing winter access guidance says general Canyon Lodge parking is free but can be limited or altered by snow removal and storms; the free Village Gondola and Eastern Sierra Transit Authority town service are alternatives, but event-specific 2026 routes and hours are not yet published. Accessible parking is at the southwest corner of the Canyon Lodge lot, and wheelchairs are welcome on the Village Gondola when guests can embark and disembark independently or with a companion’s assistance. The resort marks the event and programs subject to change. Check the exact event page and mountain status before the roughly 310-mile Southern California destination trip.

Mammoth Mountain Ski Area

The organizer invites the whole family. No event-specific age, residency, membership, invitation, or qualification restriction is published for general attendance.

Non-competitive celebration; no results apply.

Upcoming Mammoth Mountain Night of Lights (annual) Events

Night of Lights at Mammoth Mountain 2026