Mammoth Knolls Loop
Mammoth Lakes / Shady Rest · near Mammoth Lakes · Eastern Sierra
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Trail miles
- ~10.5 mi loop (mostly forest road and doubletrack)
- Elevation
- 7,620-8,460 ft; ~1,200 ft climbing
- Best season
- June-October; ride early - hot, dry and dusty by midday
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- xc
- Signature trails
- The Overlook Climb · Jeffrey Pine Forest
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- Class 1 e-MTB permitted - this is a motorized-designated road route.
- Intl tip
- A perfect day-one acclimatization ride at 8,000 ft before you tackle a bigger descent like Mountain View or Lower Rock Creek.
The guide
The Knolls is Mammoth's big-view loop - ten and a half miles of forest road and doubletrack climbing about 1,200 feet from the …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mammoth Knolls Loop — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.656, -118.949