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California · Hiking · Near Mammoth Lakes
Dragonsback Trail
Photo: Moo.The.Cow, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 1.9 mi
- round trip
- 751 ft
- climb
- 10,974 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
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Agency alert covering Inyo National Forest · Order 05-04-50-25-04 · USFS · Inyo National Forest
Golden Trout and Hoover Wilderness Campfire Restrictions
Agency alert covering Inyo National Forest · Order 05-04-50-25-05 · USFS · Inyo National Forest
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Dragonsback Trail is a short out-and-back hike in California's Inyo National Forest, on the Mammoth Ranger District, about 2 miles from the town of Mammoth. The trail is rated easy, and it covers about 1.9 miles with a one-way elevation gain of 751 feet, from a low point of about 10,200 feet to a high point of about 10,970 feet. The Forest Service manages the land, and the trail is marked as natural-surface with biking allowed. It is not an accessible route. The trail is open year-round, and the closest neighbors are the Mammoth Mountain-Mammoth Pass Trail, about 0.3 miles away, and the Seven Lakes Point Loop, about 0.6 miles away. Twin Lakes Campground sits about a mile off, and the McLeod Lake climbing area is about 1.2 miles away.
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