Yost Creek (Fireman's)
June Lake · near June Lake · Eastern Sierra
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- advanced
- Trail miles
- 3.6 mi one-way to the Wilderness boundary (~7.2 mi round trip)
- Elevation
- ~7,600 ft base; ~1,670 ft gain climbing
- Best season
- Late spring-early fall; snowbound roughly November-May
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Nickname
- June Lake's Test Piece
- Ride types
- xc · all-mountain
- Signature trails
- The Fireman's Climb · The Technical Descent
- Ebike
- No
- Ebike note
- Verify current Inyo NF e-bike designation for this singletrack; treat as no unless posted otherwise.
- Intl tip
- Load a GPS track before you go: the legal riding ends at the Wilderness boundary 3.6 mi in, and there is no sign on the ground. Turn around there.
The guide
Yost Creek - known locally as Fireman's, for the trailhead across from June Lake's fire station - is the town's steep, technica…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Yost Creek (Fireman's) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.767, -119.069