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Pure Fun, Full Speed at Mammoth

Mammoth Bike Park delivers the ultimate biking experience for all skill levels against a truly spectacular backdrop in the Eastern Sierra Mountains. Whether it’s your first time riding on dirt, or you’re a downhill expert, this park delivers the ultimate high-alpine riding experience for everyone. Its 80+ miles of lift-served singletrack offers plenty of pavers, berms, jumps, and drops for all-day fun.

Game Plan for Beginners

Shorter trails and entry-level terrain will help you progress as a mountain biker. At Mammoth, the two best trails for this are Discovery and Adventure, which feature smooth surfaces and wide turns. From there plan to move on to the Explorer trail, which is a bit steeper, includes banked paver turns and gives you access to the Skills Park where you can work your way up from small drops to intermediate rainbow bridges. For a fun end to the day be sure to get a few laps on Discotech’s gravity-fed pump trail.

Mammoth Mountain Bike Park. Photo Credit: Peter Morning

Game Plan for Seasoned Riders

If you’re looking for more advanced trails, Velocity, and Chain Smoke are for you. Both trails start at McCoy Station and are easy to lap via the lower gondola. Featuring technical rock gardens, drops, wooden features, and as much speed as you can handle, these two trails are a favorite of the locals for good reason. Other advanced/expert-rated trails not to be missed: Flow, Boomerang, and Ricochet.

Shotgun Trail, Mammoth Bike Park. Photo Credit: Peter Morning

Top of the Line Rentals

Skip the hassle of transporting a bike up to the mountain and let the experts set you up with the perfect ride fitted to your body type and riding style. Mammoth rental shops offer an entire fleet of top-of-the-line mountain bikes for adults and children that are ideal for learning to ride all types of terrain.We’re talking hardtails, enduro, downhill, full suspension and more. Their fleet also includes plenty of eBikes for more power to the pedal on the hill or around town. Be sure to ask how you can save on rentals as there are often great packages to take advantage of.

Rentals & Lessons at Mammoth. Photo Credit: Peter Morning

Lesson Then Session

It’s always a good idea to tap into the local instructors so you cannot only improve your skills but also be guided to secret spots for some of the best terrain you might not have found on your own.

Lakes Basin, Mammoth. Photo Credit: Peter Morning

Two-Wheeled Fun Beyond the Hill

Conquer more high-alpine trails around town and up in the beautiful Lakes Basin area where you can enjoy miles of paved paths that take you to gorgeous lakes and vistas.
Little riders will love getting a feel for whoops and berms on a STACYC electric bike up at the Adventure Center at Main Lodge where there’s a specially built pump track just for these fun stability bikes.
Mammoth also hosts a variety of two-wheeled events throughout the summer including the Pedalpalooza mountain bike race in August and the Gran Fondo road race in September. Also in September, the Norco Dirt Series is a super fun bike park skills clinic for intermediate riders. And, for the mother of all adrenaline-pumping, high-octane, ultimate spectator events there is the Monster Energy Mammoth Motocross starting in August.

Mammoth Motocross. Photo Credit: Peter Morning

MAIN IMAGE: Mammoth Mountain, CA. Photo Credit: Peter Morning

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