We continue to recommend that you recreate locally—view our status of recreation facilities

Located in California's scenic Eastern Sierra, Inyo National Forest is home to Mt. Whitney, Mono Lake, Reds Meadow, Mammoth Lakes, and the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.

Watch Experience Inyo—a video to help orient you to this beautiful forest.

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Popular Recreation Activities

We have lots more information about recreation opportunities.

Recent News

• Interagency News Release:South Lake Road Reconstruction Implementing No Overnight Parking

  Release Date: Jul 1, 2020  

• Whitney Portal Area Evaluated by Geologists Southern area of Whitney Portal remains closed, Most Trails to Re-open

  Release Date: Jul 1, 2020  

• Whitney Portal Evacuation Remains in Effect June 26, 2020

  Release Date: Jun 26, 2020  

• Interagency News Release: Whitney Portal Evacuated Due to Earthquake/Rockfall

  Release Date: Jun 25, 2020  

• Firewood Permits now Required

  Release Date: Jun 25, 2020  

• Whitney Portal Area Evacuated due to Rockfall

  Release Date: Jun 24, 2020  

• Lakes Basin Road Opening June 25, 2020

  Release Date: Jun 24, 2020  

• Reds Meadow Road opening June 26 Careful planning required to access valley

  Release Date: Jun 23, 2020  

Features

Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace principles on Mt. Whitney require additional measures because of the trail's popularity.

The 7 Principles of Leave No Trace

These are principles that you should be thinking about when you visit Wilderness anywhere.

Spotlights

Land Management Plan

Revising the Inyo National Forest's 1988 land management plan (forest plan) because economic, social, and ecological conditions have changed and new scientific information is available.

Reds Meadow Road Improvements Project

Proposed road improvements to include reconstruction and widening, slope stabilization, drainage, and retaining walls.