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Overview
| Name: | Mount Whitney |
| Height: | 4,421m (14,505 ft) |
| Latitude/Longitude: | 36° 34' 59" N, 118° 17' 59" W 36.583333, -118.3 (WGS84) |
| Political Location: | United States : California : Inyo |
| Topo Map: | USGS Mount Whitney |
| First Ascent: | 1873 |
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Description
At 14,505 feet elevation, Mt. Whitney is the highest peak in the lower 48 states. Not surprisingly, it is one of the most popular wilderness destinations in the country.
The Mt. Whitney Trail is in the John Muir Wilderness. This area was designated by Congress in the Wilderness Act of 1964. According to the act, a wilderness is “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” Wilderness provides “outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation”. When you travel in wilderness, you will find none of the conveniences of modern life. You will be responsible for your own safety, as well as for protecting wilderness character.
There are several routes up Mt. Whitney, the most popular of which is the Mt. Whitney Trail. When it is free of snow, the Mt. Whitney Trail is suitable for less experienced hikers. However, when snow is present safely traveling the trail may require additional experience, special skills, helmets, ice axes, crampons, and skis.
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Getting There
The mainn trailhead to Mount Whitney orginates in Whitney Portal at 8,360' (2548 m), 13 miles west of the town of Lone Pine, California.
Routes
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Trip Reports
- Mt Whitney - East Face Route in a Day - 12 Aug 2006
- Summer Sierra Trek to bag my sons first 14'rs. - 4-9 Sep 2005
- Mt. Whitney: Mountaineers Route - 5-6 Jun 2004
- Mount Whitney the Fun Way - 24-26 Apr 2004
- Mt Whitney Mountaineers Route: harder than we thought... - 13-16 Sep 2003
- Mt. Whitney - Main Trail - 2 nights at Trail Camp - 15-17 Aug 2003
- Whitney in 1 day - 2 Jul 2003
- Mt Russell - 5-8 Jun 2003
- Mt. Whitney loop - 26 Nov - 1 Dec 2002
- The Lusby, MD 2002 Mt. Whitney Expedition - 26-29 Jul 2002
- Muir and Whitney - 11-13 Jul 2002
- Mt Whitney - 16 Oct 2001
- Young Ascender of Mt Whitney - 6 Oct 2001
- Batting .500 - 30 Jun - 7 Jul 2001
- Whitney and Russell - 2 Jul 2000
- Mt Whitney in Winter - 25 Mar 2000
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Nearby
- Mount Russell: 1.5 km
- Tunnabora Peak: 2.4 km
- Mount Carillon: 2.4 km
- Mount Muir: 2.4 km
- whitney portal to mt. whitney round trip (Hiking) | Lone Pine, CA 93545, USA: 3 km
- Whitney (Hiking) | Lone Pine, CA 93545, USA: 3 km
- Thor Peak: 3.2 km
- The Cleaver: 3.5 km
- Mount Carl Heller: 3.7 km
- Mount McAdie: 4 km
- Mount Irvine: 4.8 km