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.
Sierra Nevada
Granite peaks, high passes, and big elevation. The Sierra Nevada is home to Mount Whitney — the highest summit in the contiguous United States — and a long spine of alpine terrain stretching through central California.
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