Trail Name History
Winter Activities
Cultural History
Trees of the Eastern Sierra
Animals of the Eastern Sierra
100

Named because it was our founder's favorite run to hike to.

What is Dave's Run?

100
Where guests go to slide down groomed tubing lanes and ride the only coaster of its kind in Northern California.

What is Woolly's Adventure Summit?

100

Ancient artwork 3,000 to 8,000 year old found around our area

What are petroglyphs?

100

I am older than ancient Egypt at roughly 4,855 old

What is the Bristlecone Pine Methuselah?

100
One of only a few birds that live year-round in Mammoth.  I'm small and grey and black.

What is a chickadee?

200

Run named after local Clifford Owen Scott, who died in an avalanche above St. Anton in the 60s.

What is Scotty's?

200

The location to go to for regularly groomed tracks to ski.

What does Tamarack Cross-Country Ski Area offer?

200

Bodie and May Lundy Mines

What were the two most successful mines in our area?

200

Our species of this tree does not need fire to survive, unlike others in the genus at lower elevations on the west side of the Sierra.

What is a Lodgepole Pine?

200

Most people mistake me for a crow.

What is a raven?

300

Named after the oldest known living organism on Earth.

What is Bristlecone?

300

The C.R.C.

What is the Community Recreation Center?

300

I carried skiers for 4 miles from what is now the Village in the early days of Mammoth

What is the Weasel?
300

This tree is all over Mammoth and June areas, although it is typically only seen on the wetter, west side of the Sierra.

What is Jeffrey Pine?

300

I live in the steepest terrain in the Sierra and suffered greatly due to the heavy snowfall from previous seasons.

What is the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep?

400

This run used to be covered by dead tree parts.

What is Stump Alley?

400

Adrenaline filled activity ruled by your right thumb, available at the business east of the Yodler.

What is Snowmobile Adventures?

400

McGee Creek Tow Rope

What was the first downhill skiing operation of the Eastern Sierra?

400

The root system on this tree is considered to make the tree one of the largest organisms in the world.

What are Aspen trees?

400

My babies are born in February and weigh around 10 ounces but grow to be a couple hundred or more pounds.

What are black bears?

500

Critter's is named after this Ski Patroller who was killed by faulty dynamite on top of Chair 22.

Who is Ray Critton?

500

Free activity on smooth groomed trails around Mammoth, unless you need to rent equipment.

What is snowshoeing?

500

Indigenous women hikers retraced the steps of their ancestors by hiking the Nüümü Poyo trail from Yosemite to Mount Whitney.

What is the John Muir Trail?

500

I'm one of the few trees that thrive in the Alpine Zone, but I'm being attacked by bark beetles in all of my ecosystems. 

What is the Whitebark Pine?

500

This hibernator is a cousin of Punxsutawney Phil.

What is a marmot?