After a record breaking winter (55 feet of snow), Mammoth Mountain Bike Park is now open with limited access to trails on the lower mountain. Since Mammoth is such a huge mountain, there is still a ton of snow, you can ski/snowboard and mountain bike on the same day through July 4th. The following trails are ready to shred for opening weekend: Uptown, Downtown, Shotgun and
Big Ring. The Bike Park Shuttle will be running as well, transporting eager riders from The Village to the Main Lodge.
“Contrary to popular belief, the exceptional snow year will lead to an exceptional dirt year and we’re single-handedly bringing Sierra riders sick bike trails,” says Mark Hendrickson, Mammoth Bike Park Manager. “There are more new features and terrain in development this year than in the past five years combined.”
The top of the mountain is still featuring plenty of great world class skiing and snowboarding. If the current plans hold true the gondola will open up to bikes potentially as early as 4th of July weekend.
Mammoth is planning on stepping up to plate this season with capital improvements full of downhill possibilities. Mark Hendrickson highlights some of these features in this video. Additions include three new trails with irrigation to keep the dirt moist and tacky, a new jump run off Velocity with two dozen jumps and features in a row, an extension of Pipeline featuring a launch ramps constructed from wood and metal, a boardwalk and a wood wallride, a major facelift on Trail Home resulting in 1.5+ miles of jumps, berms and freeride-specific features, two new over/under bridges in high traffic trail intersections, a new fleet of rental and demo bikes from Rocky Mountain Bicycles and an all new skill development center dubbed the Bike Lab to help build confidence before tackling on bigger features.
Sustainability of the trails is a big theme for this upcoming season. Many more trails will now feature irrigation and drainage systems to keep the dirty perfect all summer long.
The crew has been hard at work blowing snow off the trails to get them dialed in for opening weekend.
Hopefully the rest of the snow will melt off later in the summer so we can enjoy some epic views of the Sierra Nevada mountains. To purchase lift tickets and check the local trail report head over to Mammoth Mountain's website.
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