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Mammoth Lakes

Share After last nights stunning Mono Lake sunset and sunset photos at the Mono Lake Tufas, today was a day to head back down and get some photographs of the South Mono Lake Tufas during daylight hours.  Normally, admission to this area is a $3.00 charge but with a the America the Beautiful – National [...]

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Share The Mono Lake Tuftas are one of many view points along the shores of Mono Lake in Mono County, California.  Mono Lake is a huge lake in Mono County that over 65 million square miles.  At over 1 million years old, it is one of the oldest lakes in the United States.  The lake [...]

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Share Obsidian Dome in Mono County California is an attraction that not too many people seem to visit.  What is Obsidian Dome?  It’s basically just a big pile of rocks at the end of a dirt road that is about a half mile long.  A big pile of rocks doesn’t sound terribly exciting when there [...]

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Share Among the treasure trove of things to see when you get the pass to Devils Postpile in Mammoth Lakes is the lower falls below the big Rainbow Falls.  The first trip down to Devils Postpile consisted of a hike past Devils Postpile and a trip to Rainbow Falls which is about a 5 mile [...]

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Share The Laws Railroad Museum is one of many awesome historical sights in the area near Mammoth Lakes, California.  The area is full of old historical sights to see including the Bodie Ghost Town, Big Pine, Lone Pine, Devils Postpile and many more!  The Laws Railroad Museum is listed on the National Registry of Historic [...]

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Share Located in Bodie, California is one of the best preserved ghost towns in the United States and definitely the best preserved ghost town in California.  It is about a 45 mile drive from Mammoth Lakes on U.S. Highway 395 with the last 13 miles along state highway 270.  The last 3 miles or so [...]

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Share After 34 consecutive days of spring and summer skiing at Mammoth Mountain the time came for the slopes to close yesterday.  At the time it was kinda sad to see the season end.  That sadness lasted until this morning.   On the last day the Mammoth Mountain bike park passes were on sale for $199, [...]

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Share The Mammoth Mountain bike park at Mammoth Mountain in Mammoth Lakes is starting to open up more trails now that the slopes are closed for summer skiing.  As of yesterday, July 5th, Mammoth Mountain bid farewell to the ski season, albeit with a TON of snow left on the mountain.  Enough snow melted or [...]

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Share At the beginning of this 2010 spring and summer skiing trip the original plan was just to go to Snowbird for about 2 months of spring skiing and then head back east while winding around to visit national parks, friends and relatives on the way back.  In April it became known that Mammoth Mountain [...]

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Share Along with Rainbow Falls and Minaret Falls, when you go to Devils Postpile National Monument, Reds Meadow is one place you’ll want to stop if you have time while hiking around the other amazing sights near Devils Postpile.  Reds Meadow is a pack station along the road where the Devils Postpile shuttle bus goes [...]

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