Backpacking Mount Whitney · Sierra Nevada · 14,505 ft
Fourteen Five — Mount Whitney
San Diego to the top of the continental United States — with marmots, altitude sickness, one very cold lake, and a beer on Coronado Beach to close the loop.
Mount Whitney
14,505 ft
Mount Whitney is famous enough to look straightforward from a distance: a big trail, heavy permit demand, and a summit that draws long lines of hikers every summer. On the ground it is still a serious mountain outing, with a long approach, a high camp, and enough altitude to change the texture of every step.
This page gathers Mount Whitney trip reports, Mount Whitney Trail notes, and summit photography from the High Sierra so readers can follow the mountain through different efforts, conditions, and seasons.
1 report · 1 route covered
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