Mountain Warfare Training Center

The Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) is located on California Highway 108 at Pickel Meadow, 21 miles northwest of Bridgeport, California and 100 miles south of Reno, Nevada.

The MCMWTC is cited at 6,762 feet, with elevations in the training areas ranging to just under 12,000 feet. In an agreement between the U.S. Forest Service and the Marine Corps, the MCMWTC occupies and is permitted to train on 46,000 acres of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

While the land remains under management of the U.S. Forest Service, this letter of agreement permits use of the area to train Marines in mountain and cold weather operations.  (Source: militaryinstallations.dod.mil)