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By
Diane Eagle, Times Editor
As if by magic, Sunday morning dawned clear.
And Mike Karch’s vision of winter biathlon shone in the morning light.
“It was an amazing vision,” said Alana Levin. “He (Karch) created the whole thing.”
After a week of heavy snows in the Eastern Sierra, volunteers cleared the course and the fourth annual Mammoth Winter Biathlon got under way.
Three divisions of two waves each came out for Sunday’s race: Intermediate, Elite/National Guard and Advanced.
By
Jonnel Janewicz-Leggette
Everyone wondered if the massive amounts of snow falling on Mammoth last week would jeopardize the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink Roxy Chicken Jam.
Mammoth Mountain crews worked heroically on the halfpipe, but the greater challenge for the competitors seemed to be whether to compete or ride the rich pow.
The seventh annual Roxy Chicken Jam arrived at Mammoth Mountain amid snow, wind and a flurry of Facebook postings and Tweets.
