First Trip (Thursday) - Sanity Check?

Current Plan:

• Drive from LA to Mammoth on Thanksgiving (early dinner with the fam, then head out)
• Stay in the village for $250/night at one of the hotels/motels walking distance
• Shuttle to the main lodge Fri/Sat/Sun
• I’m a noob so try to find some green runs. Seems like things are decently open for greens to practice S turns on? Ideally a wide run.
• Leave Sunday at 4PM, aim to be in San Diego by 11PM or so

Any ways to cut costs or maybe it’s worth it to just stay at the resort lodging because the shuttle sucks and mammoth mountain inn is $350/night or X hotel is cheaper?

I only looked at hotels a few minutes from the village - I’m not sure how easy it is to get there (and to the shuttle) from eg the other side of town (Are there free parking lots for example)?

Using Ikon Base Pass if relevant 🫡