Mammoth Lakes Pack Outfit
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Lower Rainbow Falls
California
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.7 mi
Distance
330 ft
Gain
15 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Inyo National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Why you'll love it
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Lower Rainbow Falls
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 330 ft
- Elevation loss
- 330 ft
- Highest point
- 7,697 ft
- Lowest point
- 7,401 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Lower Rainbow Falls is a 1.42-mile out-and-back trail in California with 330 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 7,697 feet.
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