When you first hear the words Mammoth Mountain, the beautiful images of snow lifts and powdered mountain tops fill your minds with wondrous adventures. But far from the snowboarding hills of the crowded winter season comes the calm, tourist-free months of summer when the locals thrive. Summer is the time of year to truly enjoy Mammoth. The air is clear with the aromas of fresh water, newly grown pine trees, and rainbow trout just caught from one of the many lakes. It is a nature lovers’ paradise of wilderness trails, waterfalls, and fishing lakes. The best of these is Shadow Lake. This journey is not for the faint of heart. It is a four mile hiking trail through meadows and murky water and up and over steep, rocky mountain passes. Plenty of rest stops and water breaks must be taken. Then as you finally feel you can’t go on, you see it; an amazing oasis. Just you, completely engulfed by a forest of trees on a mountain top, on your own private lake with no other person as far as the eye can see. Feel free to fish for trout or just meditate atop a rock. There are no reports to be handed in here, no bumper to bumper traffic on the 405 freeway. Time and troubles are lost, and you are finally free to exhale.
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