Considering the Val D'Isere Mammoth Lakes in Mammoth Lakes?
A VT member wrote the following comment about visiting Mammoth Lakes:
Upper lakes of Mammoth Creek by mtncorg
The lower lakes of Mammoth - George, Mary, Horseshoe, Twin , Mamie - are all very pretty and reachable by car. Here is where most of the fishing activity is taking place. But by leaving the car in the trailhead near Lake Mary, you can walk up along Mammoth Creek past another series of enchanting lakes, en route to Duck Pass. It is in these upper reaches that the stream that eventually will run through the geothermal valley and is transformed from Mammoth Creek into Hot Creek. But that is another page!