Mammoth
Lakes is located approximately 120 miles South of Reno,
Nevada off of Highway 395
Mammoth Lakes is a wonderful place to visit
for a cycling getaway. Home of the famous Kamikaze
Downhill, Mammoth is also home to many other fantastic
rides. Every year Mammoth hosts the National Championship
Mountain Bike Series and it attracts racers from all
over the world. The terrain in the Mammoth area is
much different than that of any other place you will
ride. Since Mammoth Mtn. is a slumbering volcano (getting
ready to awake) the soil (if you call it soil) is
actually pumice. This light and sandy rock is scattered
everywhere your wheels touch the ground. It makes
for some interesting terrain. The trail system in
the Mammoth area is, well, Mammoth!
Rides leave town
and cover just about anywhere you want to go in this
area. You can take rides to some really cool places
so do not forget to bring the camera. Water-crossings
like this one in the early summer months make for some
nice photos. With the vast amount of Lakes in the area
you can definitely keep busy site-seeing. The fishing
in the area can prove to be excellent during certain
times of the season.
The Paper Route
trail (right) is a fast and fun decender that will take
you from the lodge at the Upper portion of the mountain
to town. This descent offers primarily hard-packed dirt
with a few soft churned-up hairpins. Though the trail
allows for some high speeds, everyone should take it
easy due to the people climbing up it. If you do not
want to climb up the Paper Route Trail you can take
Ski Area Road to the main upper lodge which is paved
and fast.
Mammoth Mountain
is truly am impressive sight to see.When you are traveling
South into Mammoth Lakes off of 395 you will see the
monster stealing blue from the sky in the background.
The "Regulator"
is a great place to relax and drink a beer or cool beverage
after enjoying a long ride or hike. Just 15 minutes
south of Mammoth off of 395, this man-made hot tub pipes
in natural thermal hot water in one pipe and cold meadow
water in the other giving you maximum control of the
temperature, thus giving it the name "the regulator."
