If you are still making the five-hour or more drive to Mammoth during ski season, you might consider a 70-minute flight this winter from LAX. Horizon Air, which had one flight a day from Los Angeles-Mammoth Lakes Yosemite airport last year, has added a second daily nonstop for the coming winter season. Rates start at $69 each way, pretax, out of Los Angeles. This year's Mammoth schedule begins Dec. 17 and runs through April 11. Departing flights will now leave LAX at 8:40 a.m. and 2:40 p.m., arriving in Mammoth 70 minutes later. Return flights from Mammoth will depart at 12:50 and 5:50 p.m., also with a 70-minute flight time.
Contact: Horizon Air, (800) 547-9308, www.alaskaair.com.
-- Jen Leo
Mammoth plans in flight
A suite life
Take a peek behind the closed doors of a Beverly Hills penthouse suite in the pages of a new coffee-table book. "Room 23" checks out celebrities who checked into the suite at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills. The photos, shot by Los Angeles photographer Deborah Anderson, depict a year in the life of the penthouse suite; 100 celebs were among the guests, including George Clooney, Cindy Crawford, Minnie Driver and Elton John. Proceeds from the book will be used to raise funds for a human rights project at UCLA School of Law. The book will be widely available in the U.S. after Sept. 8; it is from Daab Publishing and costs $99; www.daab-online.com/books.
