BearRoam Mammoth Lakes
12 verified trails near Mammoth Lakes. Distances and permits are permanent trail facts — for today's conditions and closures use the agency links below.
Conditions are not the same as trail info
We do not estimate snow, mud, fire closures or water crossings. Check the managing agency the day you go.
Moderate · 5 mi · 501 ft gain
Trailhead: Devils Postpile Ranger Station / Reds Meadow (summer shuttle from Mammoth Mountain Adventure Center)
Out-and-back from Devils Postpile National Monument to the 101-foot Rainbow Falls on the Middle Fork San Joaquin River.
Permits: Reds Meadow Road has seasonal mandatory shuttle and vehicle restrictions in summer (NPS / Inyo NF).
Easy
Trailhead: Devils Postpile Ranger Station
Short walk from the ranger station to the Devils Postpile columnar basalt formation, managed by NPS with Inyo National Forest.
Hard · 5.5 mi
Trailhead: Coldwater Campground
Climbs the Coldwater Creek watershed to Duck Pass, passing alpine lakes such as Barney Lake inside the John Muir Wilderness.
Permits: Enters the John Muir Wilderness; overnight wilderness permits required (Inyo NF).
Hard · 7.8 mi
Trailhead: Agnew Meadows
Follows the River Trail from Agnew Meadows, then climbs Shadow Creek to Shadow Lake and on toward Cecile Lake below the Minarets.
Permits: Ansel Adams Wilderness; overnight permits required and reserved through recreation.gov (Inyo NF).
Moderate · 3 mi
Trailhead: Agnew Meadows
Forest Service-listed route from Agnew Meadows to Shadow Lake, continuing toward Ediza, Iceberg and Gladys Lakes.
Permits: Ansel Adams Wilderness; overnight permit required (Inyo NF).
Hard · 7.8 mi
Trailhead: Agnew Meadows
Follows the San Joaquin River drainage from Agnew Meadows past Garnet Lake to Thousand Island Lake below Banner Peak.
Permits: Ansel Adams Wilderness overnight permit required (Inyo NF).
Easy · 5.3 mi
Trailhead: North Village, Mammoth Lakes
Paved multi-use path from North Village to Horseshoe Lake, passing Twin Lakes Vista, Tamarack Lodge and Lake Mamie.
Easy · 0.3 mi
Trailhead: Coldwater–Lake George Trail, above Lake Barrett
Short spur to a vista of TJ Lake and Crystal Crag, descending to the lakeshore.
Moderate
Trailhead: Lake George day-use area
Out-and-back from the Lake George day-use area, crossing the outlet stream and climbing through lodgepole and hemlock to Barrett and TJ Lakes.
Moderate
Trailhead: Horseshoe Lake
Forest Service trail from the Lakes Basin over Mammoth Pass to the Red Cones volcanic cinder cones, connecting toward Reds Meadow.
Moderate
Trailhead: Rainbow Falls Trailhead, Reds Meadow Valley
Forest Service trailhead approaching Rainbow Falls from the Reds Meadow Valley side.
Permits: Reds Meadow Road access is subject to the mandatory summer shuttle system.
Easy · 2 mi
Trailhead: Convict Lake day-use / boat ramp parking
Loop trail circling Convict Lake beneath Mt. Morrison, ten miles south of Mammoth Lakes and two miles west of US-395.
Trails
Mammoth sits inside the Inyo National Forest. Permits, closures and current trail status come only from the agencies below — we never infer trail conditions from the weather.
Official closures, fire restrictions and wilderness permit rules
Town trail system maps and trail status
NPS shuttle, access and trail information