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California
Mountain View Trail
2.0 mi
Distance
532 ft
Gain
52 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.
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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- Surface
- Natural
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Mountain View Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.0 mi
- Elevation gain
- 532 ft
- Elevation loss
- 611 ft
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About this trail
Mountain View Trail is a 1.98-mile route in the Inyo Craters trail system within California's Inyo National Forest. The trail gains 532 feet of elevation over its distance.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
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