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Mount Whitney from Whitney Portal

Lone Pine, California, USA

Mount Whitney from Whitney Portal

Length25 mi
Elev. Gain6113.9 ft
Est. Steps58000

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Introduction
Mount Whitney from Whitney Portal is a 25.1 mile (58,000-step) route located near Lone Pine, California, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 6113.9 ft and is rated as hard. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Quite possibly California’s ultimate day hike! Some choose to make this an overnight trip, but many prefer the simplicity (and light pack weight) of a day hike. The first thing you will need to do is get a permit. Permits can be obtained on recreation.gov. They are available either by the preseason lottery in February. Or leftover permits can be purchased as they become available later in the season. Most people use the Whitney Portal Campground as a base camp due to its elevation and proximity to the trailhead. Because of this, space fills quickly. So it is best to reserve a spot beforehand on recreation.gov. Although the trail is long and gains LOTS of elevation, it is not technically difficult. All of it could be considered a walk-up. However, the length, elevation gain, and general roughness of the trail can make it a VERY strenuous affair. Proper conditioning is essential to the completion of this hike. Some recommend a VERY early (and even pre-dawn) start to the hike with a strict turnaround time. But this is not absolutely essential unless afternoon thunderstorms are imminent (check the weather forecast).

Trail Crest

Tourist Attraction
Trail Crest is a mountain trail pass on the Mount Whitney Trail that crosses the Sierra Crest. East of the pass are 97 switchbacks leading down to Trail Camp in Inyo National Forest. West of the pass is Sequoia National Park and the trail leading 2 miles (3.2 km) north to the summit of Mount Whitney.

Mount Whitney Trail

Tourist Attraction
The Mount Whitney Trail is a trail that climbs Mount Whitney. It starts at Whitney Portal, 13 miles (21 km) west of the town of Lone Pine, California. The hike is about 22 mi (35 km) round trip, with an elevation gain of over 6,100 feet (1,860 m). It is an extremely popular trail, and its access is restricted by quotas from May to October.

List of mountain peaks of California

Place
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of the U.S. State of California.The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. The first table below ranks the 50 highest major summits of California by elevation.

List of mountain ranges of California

Place
The following list comprises the mountain ranges of U.S. State of California designated by the United States Board on Geographic Names and cataloged in the Geographic Names Information System.

List of California fourteeners

Place
In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a fourteener is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least 14,000 feet (4267 meters). This is a complete list of the 12 fourteeners in the U.S. state of California with at least 300 feet (91.44 meters) of topographic prominence. The main fourteener article has a list of all of the fourteeners in the United States, as well as references, more information about how the list is determined, and caveats about accuracy.

List of the major 3000-meter summits of California

Place
The following sortable table describes the 46 mountain peaks of the U.S. state of California with at least 3000 meters (9843 feet) of topographic elevation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.

List of the major 4000-meter summits of California

Place
The following sortable table comprises the 16 mountain peaks of the U.S. State of California with at least 4000 meters (13,123 feet) of topographic elevation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.

Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708

Place
Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 was a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight between Hawthorne Industrial Airport, Nevada (HTH) and Hollywood-Burbank Airport, California (BUR/KBUR), that crashed into the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, near Lone Pine, on February 18, 1969, killing all 35 passengers and crew on board.

Whitney Classic

Place
The Whitney Classic is an 136-mile-long (219 km) endurance mountain bike race that is held in late September or October every year. The ride runs from the Badwater Basin in Death Valley to Whitney Portal. Badwater, at 279 feet (85 m) below sea level, is the lowest place in the North America and Whitney Portal at 8,360 feet (2,550 m) is the trailhead that leads to Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m).

Mount Whitney

Mountain
Mount Whitney is the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). It is located in East–Central California, on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, 84.6 miles (136.2 km) west-northwest of the lowest point in North America at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park at 282 ft (86 m) below sea level.
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2018/12/08
Haha
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2018/12/08
Very good
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2019/05/27
Hey
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2019/05/27
Dog friendly
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2019/06/20
Dogs are permitted on the trail up to Trail Crest. But the trail might be rough on paws. Beyond Trail Crest, dogs are not permitted, as you are in Sequoia National Park after that poibt.
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2020/04/22
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Route Details

Length

25 mi

Elev. Gain

6113.9 ft

Est. Steps

58000
Created by
Matt
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