California Drought Takes Its Toll on Mammoth Dog Teams

Nothing doing this winter season.



With Little Snow and No Work, A Musher Worries. (The New York Times, 4/4/2014)

Can't mush without snow.  But in the past three years, the worsening drought has meant less and less snow on the peaks of the Eastern Sierras, leaving Ouimet and his dogs and three other mushers out of work. The last sled-dog tour for Ouimet and his crew was in March 2013. In January 2014, the peak of the drought, the well at his kennel went dry, forcing him to drive into town twice a week to fill 33-gallon water containers so the dogs would have enough to drink.

On its website, Mammoth Dog Teams says that

WE ARE GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER 

AMAZING WINTER IN MAMMOTH LAKES!

What happens when you Click Here to Book Your Reservation Today?

You are told that "Due to Scheduling and Demand We Do Have a Two Person Minimum".

Hoping for better days, snowy days, to come.