Travel Reference
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hiker shuttles throughout the Sierra Nevada.
Mammoth is a snap to navigate by public transportation year-round. In the summertime,
service along Hwy 395, north to Reno and south to Lone Pine.
Within Mammoth, a year-round system of free and frequent
bus shuttles
connects the
whole town with the Mammoth Mountain lodges; in summer, routes with bicycle trailers
service the Lakes Basin and Mammoth Mountain Bike Park.
DON'T MISS
DEVILS POSTPILE
The most fascinating attraction in Reds Meadow is the surreal volcanic formation of
shuttle day pass adult/child $7/4; late-May-Oct). The 60ft curtains of near-vertical, six-
sided basalt columns formed when rivers of molten lava slowed, cooled and cracked with
perplexing symmetry. This honeycomb design is best appreciated from atop the
columns, reached by a short trail. The columns are an easy, half-mile hike from the Devils
Postpile Ranger Station.
From the monument, a 2.5-mile hike passing through fire-scarred forest leads to the
101ft basalt cliff. Chances of actually seeing a rainbow forming in the billowing mist are
greatest at midday. The falls can also be reached via an easy 1.5-mile walk from the Reds
) and a pack station. Shuttle services run to the Reds Meadow area in season (
Click here
).
