Strategic and Master Planning

Trail System Master Plan – 2011

The Town of Mammoth Lakes Trail System Master Plan was adopted in 2011. It updated the Town’s 1991 Trails Plan and is the result of the Concept and Master Planning process initiated by MLTPA in 2007. The adopted final draft includes input from close to a thousand public comments.

RECSTRATS I - 2010

In 2010, MLTPA proposed to fund and convene a facilitated process to articulate a vision and strategic plan for recreation in Mammoth Lakes. The process aimed to benefit interagency collaboration, direct development of infrastructure, and inform strategic implementation of Measures R and U.

Sherwins Area Recreation Plan (SHARP) - 2009

After 9 months of dedicated effort and broad collaboration in 2009, the Sherwins Working Group produced the Sherwins Area Recreation Plan, which details proposals for summer and winter recreation alternatives for implementation in the Sherwins area.

Mammoth Lakes Recreation 1.0 - 2009/2010

In the summer of 2009, the Town of Mammoth Lakes and MLTPA embarked on a 10-month effort to establish priorities for the implementation of the Trail System Master Plan over 4 separate and iterative micro-efforts, funded in part by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.

CAMP: WINTER - 2008

The second of 2 large-scale public meetings organized and produced by MLTPA as part of a public-outreach campaign, CAMP: WINTER attracted close to 200 participants for a week of workshops, guided tours, and presentations from the consultants hired to update the TOML Trail System Master Plan.

CAMP: SUMMER - 2007

The first of 2 large-scale public meetings organized and produced by MLTPA as part of a public-outreach campaign, CAMP: SUMMER attracted well over 150 participants for four days of workshops, guided tours, and presentations from the consultants hired to update the TOML Trail System Master Plan.

CAMP: Trails Concept and Master Planning - 2007

With the success of the MLTPA Trails Planning Proposal, it was time for the Trails Concept and Master Planning process to initiate a competitive bidding process for consultants, the awarding of contracts, and the engagement of Jurisdictional, Funding, and Planning partners for the CAMP effort.

MLTPA Trails Planning Proposal - 2007

MLTPA's first project was to initiate the process of updating the Town of Mammoth Lakes Trail System Master Plan. MLTPA convened a Task Force with representatives from the Tourism and Recreation Commission, Town staff, USFS, and MMSA to develop a "Proposal to the Community."

Strategic Conference and Public Meeting - 2006

In the fall of 2006, MLTPA, with support from the Town of Mammoth Lakes and Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, convened a two-day strategic conference with more than 20 community leaders charged with taking the first steps toward the organization of MLTPA as an incorporated non-profit.