Hike · Whitney Portal

Mount Whitney

Distance

22.0 mi

Vertical

6,099 ft

Summit

14,465 ft

Difficulty

Very strenuous

Mount Whitney is the highest point in the contiguous United States at 14,505 feet, the climax of the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada. The summit sits on the border of Inyo and Tulare counties: the west slope inside Sequoia National Park, the dramatic east face in Inyo…

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About Mount Whitney

Mount Whitney is a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada range, and is the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). It is located in East–Central California along the border of Inyo and Tulare counties. The mountain lies about 84.6 miles (136.2 km) west-northwest of North America's lowest topographic point, Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, at 282 ft (86 m) below sea level. The mountain's west slope is in Sequoia National Park and the summit is the southern terminus of the John Muir Trail, which runs 211.9 mi (341.0 km) from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley. The eastern slopes are in Inyo National Forest in Inyo County. Mount Whitney is ranked 18th by topographic isolation and 81st by prominence on Earth.

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