Re: Bodie ghost town
Been there many times. Road is rough but doable. Dust is your biggest problem. Watch weather as this is season for flash floods.
Elevation is high - 8,000+ feet - and the pass from Bridgeport to Mono Lake is 6% grade downhill & several miles long. You will go into Bodie from north end of Mono, but return road comes out near top of pass and there's a long downhill stretch on US-395 if you go out that way.
Exit road from Bodie is one-way most of the way - exits onto US-395 near Bridgeport, which has nice B&Bs and a couple of good restaurants. Also at bottom of pass (near Mono Lake) is town of Lee Vining, with some restaurants and B&Bs.
South of there are the resort towns of Mammoth Lakes and June Lake, which have plenty of places to eat and stay.
Should be pretty nice up that way mid to late Sept.
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Last edited by huddy; 09-09-2014 at 04:38 PM.
Reason: added "downhill" to 6% grade
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