Condominium median
$447,250
$578,277 in 2026 money
Mammoth Lakes in 2019
A condominium sold for a median of $447,250 — $578,277 in today’s money, 28% below where it stands now. The Mammoth Times ran 43 stories we can still read.
Snowfall
492"
season total at the main lodge
Housing approved
40
residential units authorised
Lodging tax
$20,945,284
collected by the Town
What happened
- The mountainIkon era reshapes visitation and rental economics
After a full season the Ikon Pass changed Mammoth visitation patterns, midweek demand, blackout periods and short-term rental economics.
the new IKON Pass offering is a proverbial game changer in Mammoth Lakes
Paul Oster Broker Report → - Snow2018-19 season - 492 inches
Mammoth Mountain reported a season total of about 492 inches at Main Lodge.
Mammoth Mountain official snowfall history → - Building & developmentWestin Monache mandated refresh assessment
Westin/Marriott mandated unit-by-unit refurbishment with owner assessments of roughly $30,000 (studio) to $60,000 (2-bedroom), or removal from the rental program.
buyers (and sellers) are recognizing a decline in value by the amount of the new refurbishment assessment
Paul Oster Broker Report → - Earthquake & volcanoRidgecrest earthquakes
The July 2019 magnitude 6.4 and 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquakes south of Mammoth revived buyer questions about Long Valley Caldera seismic and volcanic risk.
The earthquakes based in the Ridgecrest area have rekindled concerns about earthquakes in the Mammoth area and the Long Valley Caldera.
Paul Oster Broker Report →
What the paper was writing about
Headlines only, linked to the Mammoth Times. We read the Internet Archive’s copies and cite the paper; the words are theirs.
- 01-15Roads close, chain controls in effect in advance of incoming storms
- 02-06Storm Ends; Now the Cleanup Begins
- 02-14Roofs, Propane Tanks Pose Dangers as Snow Continues to Fall
- 02-14Mammoth Fire Shows How to Survive This Storm - And The Next, And The Next
- 03-14Shave your head and/or donate to help local boy fight cancer; six-year-old Bodhi is fighting a very rare, aggressive cancer
- 06-27Reds Meadow Road Likely to Open for July 4 Holiday
- 07-11Mammoth Needs More Shelter Workers; Here is How to Help
- 07-15Rec Sites, Roads Now Open From Lone Pine to Conway Summit
- 09-13What to Do in the Eastern Sierra This Week
- 10-03Smoke Likely From Mammoth to State Border As Fall Burning Season Begins
- 10-25What Is Still Open; What Is Not; The Latest on Local Recreation Sites
- 11-01Two Die on Red Slate Mountain Above Convict Lake
- 11-18All Mountain Passes Close in Advance of Winter Storm
- 12-13What to Do In Mammoth This Week
29 more stories from 2019 are in the corpus.
What changed hands
| Date | Where | Beds | Sq ft | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-28 | The Bluffs | — | — | $2,200,000 |
| 2019-06-23 | Hidden Valley | — | — | $1,055,000 |
| 2019-05-27 | The Village | 3 | — | $1,050,000 |
| 2019-04-14 | Mammoth Slopes | — | — | $900,000 |
| 2019-04-14 | The Village | — | — | $900,000 |
| 2019-04-14 | Canyon Lodge | — | — | $900,000 |
| 2019-11-03 | Sierra Valley Sites | — | — | $750,000 |
| 2019-11-17 | Mammoth Green | 3 | — | $659,000 |
| 2019-09-01 | Mammoth Green | 3 | — | $632,000 |
| 2019-07-07 | White Mountain Lodge | 2 | — | $627,000 |
| 2019-08-18 | Juniper Springs Lodge | 2 | — | $610,000 |
| 2019-08-04 | Sunstone | 2 | — | $600,000 |
The 12 largest of 29 recorded sales in 2019.
The ground
45 recorded earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater in the Long Valley Caldera, the largest at M3.6.