Mosquito Flat Backpacker Cg
Campground
Campground · 0.3 mi from the trail
California · Hiking · Near Mammoth Lakes
Mono Pass
- 0.3 mi
- round trip
- 69 ft
- climb
- 10,429 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
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Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Inyo National Forest.
Help Halt Golden Mussel Invasion
Agency alert covering Inyo National Forest · USFS · Inyo National Forest
Ansel Adams and John Muir Wilderness Campfire Restrictions
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
As of · Source: USFS · Inyo National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Mono Pass is an easy out-and-back hike in California's Inyo National Forest, within the White Mountain Ranger District. The route is short, under a third of a mile, and gains about 70 feet from the low point at 10,337 feet to the high point at 10,429 feet. The Forest Service manages the land. The pass sits right along the way to Little Lakes Valley, which is about 0.1 mile away, and to the Mosquito Flat Backpacker Campground and the Eastern Brooks Lake mountain biking area, each about 0.3 mile off. Starr Wall, a climbing area, is roughly 0.6 mile away.
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