Across America, businesses - including ski resorts and climbing gyms - are closing or significantly scaling back on operations. Sporting events, festivals, meetings, and social gatherings are being postponed and cancelled. On Sunday, CA Governor Newsom advised the closure of bars, brewpubs, and distilleries and the scaling back of restaurants statewide. In the Eastern Sierra, we are also scaling back. Many events, including the Women’s Climbing Festival, have been cancelled in our region. The Mountain Rambler has closed until further notice. The Bishop Unified School District has closed schools. The Mammoth Mountain ski area has suspended operations and Bishop’s neighbor, Mono County, has declared a Local Health Emergency. All of these actions are aimed to help flatten the curve of the highly communicative COVID-19 virus.
Before you decide to take a planned or impromptu trip to the Eastside, please take a moment to read the Center for Disease Control’s guidelines on travel and the latest guidance from the California Department of Public Health. In addition, please keep informed of local updates from Inyo County and Mono County.
Use these guidelines to make sure that you are making the most responsible travel decisions for both your own health and for people who may be impacted in the communities you are visiting. If you do decide that a trip to the Eastern Sierra is unavoidable, please plan ahead and bring enough food, water, and sanitary supplies for your entire trip as the region has been in short supply of several items.