Crowley Lake
South of Mammoth · near Mammoth Lakes · Eastern Sierra
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Best season
- Summer (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Cold (50s–60s°F) — 4/3 wetsuit (high-altitude lake)
What is here
- Amenities
- Strong Eastern Sierra wind · High-altitude riding · Dramatic Sierra scenery · Uncrowded
- Best for
- Strong high-altitude Sierra sessions
- Features
- Strong funneled Sierra wind · High-altitude riding (6,800 ft) · Dramatic Eastern Sierra scenery · Uncrowded, wild
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Strong gusty high-altitude wind · Very high altitude (6,800 ft) · Cold water · Big fetch, remote
- Good for a first timer
- No
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- No
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- windsurf · kite · wing
- Conditions
- chop
- Venue
- lake
- Wind kt
- 22
- Wind
- Strong afternoon wind, 18–30 kt — funneled Eastern Sierra thermal at high altitude
- Intl tip
- Strong Eastern Sierra wind (18–30 kt) funneled down Long Valley — powered-up, high-altitude riding (6,800 ft) with dramatic scenery. ADVANCED: strong gusty wind, thin air, cold water (4/3), remote/open. Better known for trout fishing (fishing guide). Off Hwy 395 south of Mammoth. Uncrowded and wild. Rig small. Combine with the Eastern Sierra.
The guide
Crowley Lake, spread across the sagebrush flats south of Mammoth in the Eastern Sierra, catches a strong afternoon wind (18–30 …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Crowley Lake — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.61, -118.74