Mammoth Mountain
Mammoth Lakes · near Mammoth Lakes · Eastern Sierra
Skiing & Snowboarding
At a glance
- Pass
- ikon
- Vertical
- 3100
- Size
- 3,500 acres
- Season
- Mid-November–Memorial Day · Snow year extends to June or July in good years · Skied to August 6 in 2023
What is here
- Best for
- Powder · Terrain Park · Extended Season · All Levels
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Skiing & Snowboarding detail
- Summit
- 11053
- Lifts
- 25
- Avg snowfall
- 400+ inches
- Night skiing
- No
- Terrain park
- Yes
- Ski school
- Yes
- On mountain lodging
- Yes
- Signature runs
- Dragon's Back · Dropout Chutes · Broadway (Gondola corridor)
- Intl tip
- Mammoth Lakes Airport (MMH) has seasonal flights from LA (35 minutes) and San Francisco — the only California ski resort with a commercial airport at the base. In heavy snow years, the Scenic Route 395 drive from LA is genuinely one of the great Sierra Nevada road trip experiences. The summer bike park (covered in the MTB guide) uses the same gondola infrastructure — Mammoth is the rare California destination that operates in two seasons.
The guide
Mammoth Mountain is the undisputed flagship of California skiing — 3,500 acres, a summit at 11,053 feet (highest lift-served sk…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mammoth Mountain — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.6308, -119.0326