Pretty cool article, but there are a bunch of misleading/ wrong stuff in the article. *First the photo that says"Mammoth Mountain is incredibly vast. This view shows a fraction of the terrain." 99% of the terrain you see in that photo is wilderness, which means no bikes allowed. *Second the photo that says "A glimpse into the immense cross-country terrain." In that photo there is one mountain bike trail, it goes around the lake on the right. The rest is paved or wilderness *Third the photo that says"Free shuttles run from Mammoth Village to the gondola." The shuttles aren't free, you have to have a trail pass to load your bike on that shuttle, although it is free for hikers to use, but NOT for bikers" *They also quote "this year the Mammoth trail crew enhanced their Down Town beginner trail, by making it wider and more newbie friendly and enjoyable for first-timers." They actually took an epic singletrack, with blownout hammered turns and took a bobcat tractor and widened the whole thing, put in 3 or 4 paver turns and called it good. IMO the trail was destroyed, it is so dam bumpy that you better have a full suspension bike, but flat enough that you dont want a full suspension. Take my opinion however you want, but I live in Mammoth, rode the park a bunch this summer, and have ridden over 12 bike parks in the USA and Canada.