Mammoth Lakes Travel Guide

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Mammoth Lakes Overview

Mammoth Lakes is a town of less than 10,000 people in the eastern Sierras part of California, in the middle of the state, south of Lake Tahoe (about 2 hours drive), and north of Los Angeles (about 5.5 hours drive). It has lakes and it has mountains! Yosemite Park is only about 1 hour away, and Mono Lake is even closer.

It is a mammoth playground for skiers and snowboarders from mostly SoCal (southern California) in the winter (snow season usually goes from Thanksgiving to May/June or even July!). It is the home base of many Olympic skier/snowboarders, and you can see them on thread moree slopes if you are lucky during several competition events.

In the summer, the many lakes in the mountains are great for fishing, and hiking is a favorite activity in addition to mountain biking down the mountain. Sometimes you will even see hang-gliders coming off the top of the Mammoth Mountain. The summer Jazz festival draws thousands to the area, and many art fairs happen throughout the year.

The town has lots of lodging from condos (great for groups of people) to hotels to houses, and it has many good restaurants too. It even has a Ski Museum! The new village area has shops, restaurants and lodging and is a center of gathering for visitors. Check out visitmammoth.com for more information on this nice resort town.

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  1. Petra's 1 review
Day 1: Trekking locally... a peaceful and beautiful day.
Sep 04, 2009 – Sep 07, 2009
It's a beautiful morning in Mammoth. The temperture this morning is in the upper 40's with clear skies. The girls decided to sl…
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Hiking up to Emerald Lake and Sky Meadows
Aug 17, 2007 – Jul 09, 2010
We took the puppies for a hike today. The trail leading to Emerald Lake and Sky Meadows is about 4 miles round trip, a moderate…
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Arizona, Las Vegas en Death Valley
Oct 07, 2007 – Aug 10, 2008
Na Los Angeles (California) zijn we naar Arizona gereisd via de Mexicaanse grens. Het is een lange trip en onderweg is het erg …
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