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Hiking on Mammoth Mountain
NOTE: These hikes are accessible via the Mammoth Mountain Bike Park Shuttle in summer months.
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Hiking in the Mammoth Lakes Basin
Mammoth Lakes is surrounded by two million acres of Inyo National Forest with dozens of hiking trails. Many of the trailheads in Mammoth Lakes are accessible by shuttles, so you don’t even need to worry about your car when you want to explore the area on a hike.
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Hiking Just Outside of Mammoth Lakes
Mammoth Lakes is surrounded by two million acres of Inyo National Forest with dozens of hiking trails. Trailheads just outside of Mammoth Lakes offer even more opportunities to explore the mountains, lakes, creeks and forest of the Eastern Sierra.
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