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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Wilderness permits are virtual this year! Pick up intructions

Recent News

• Construction Information: SCE Completing Sabrina Lake Dam, Access Trail Maintenance

  Release Date: Jul 9, 2020  

• Updates on Virtual Wilderness Permit Process

  Release Date: Jul 7, 2020  

• Inyo National Closes Group Camps Under Forest Order

  Release Date: Jul 7, 2020  

• 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  

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.