Mount Whitney, California
Prominence: 10078 ft, 3072 m |
Elevation: 14,498 feet, 4419 meters |
True Isolation: 1646.42 mi, 2649.65 km |
Subpeaks |
Keeler Needle (14,239 ft/4340 m) Crooks Peak (14,173 ft/4320 m) Third Needle (14,108 ft/4300 m) Aiguille Extra (14,042 ft/4280 m) Aiguille du Paquoir (13,976 ft/4260 m) Aiguille Junior (13,927 ft/4245 m) S'brutal Tower (13,865 ft/4226 m)
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Name Info |
Local or Alternate Name(s):
Former Name: Fishermans Peak |
Elevation Info |
Summit: 14,498 feet
NAVD88 Elevation (?): 14,505 ft / 4421 m |
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84) |
36.578581, -118.291995 (Dec Deg)
36° 34' 43'' N, 118° 17' 31'' W (DMS)
384409 E, 4048901 N, Zone 11 (UTM) |
Map Source |
US Geological Survey (1:24,000)
Sheet: Mount Whitney (O36118e3)
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Country |
United States |
State/Province |
California (Highest Point) |
County/Second Level Region |
Inyo (Highest Point)
Tulare (Highest Point) |
Links
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Mount Whitney at USGS-GNIS
CoHP.org Trip Report for Inyo, CA by Ron Tagliapietra
CoHP.org Trip Report for Inyo, CA by Dale Millsap
CoHP.org Trip Report for Inyo, CA by Dale Millsap
CoHP.org Trip Report for Inyo, CA by Carl Millsap
CoHP.org Trip Report for Inyo, CA by Peter Maurer
CoHP.org Trip Report for Inyo, CA by Matt Worster
CoHP.org Trip Report for Tulare, CA by Dale Millsap
CoHP.org Trip Report for Tulare, CA by Dale Millsap
Weather and Snow
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NOAA Snow Depth Map
Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:
California County Summits (Suttle)
Fifty State Summits, Guide with Maps to State Highpoints (Zumwalt)
Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits (Holmes)
Highpoint Adventures: The Complete Guide to the 50 State Highpoints (Winger)
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Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 4201
Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 3699)
Selected Trip Reports - Click on linked Date for full report:
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(2023-07-24) |
Nguyen, Chieu |
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TR-239 |
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2022-08-06 |
Stewart, Matt |
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TR-186 |
strava.com |
2022-07-15 |
Williams, Michael |
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TR-925 |
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2021-11-21 |
Caulfield, Sean |
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TR-1034 |
strava.app.link |
2020-07-23 |
Jaskot, Briana |
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TR-316 |
strava.com |
2019-06-26 |
Kunz, Alex |
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TR-831 |
labs.strava.com |
2018-09-04 |
mizenko, glen |
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TR-331 |
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2018-06-25 |
Thomas, Jerry |
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TR-231 |
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2017-12-19 |
Krish, Karthik |
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TR-412 |
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2017-10-14 |
Gotz, Alex |
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TR-580 |
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2017-09-29 |
Greer, Jaeson |
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TR-389 |
flic.kr |
2017-09-04 |
Wick, Jim |
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TR-391 |
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2017-08-29 |
Smith, Neil |
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TR-199 |
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2017-08-14 |
Satyan, Naresh |
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TR-422 |
goo.gl |
2017-07-28 |
Lostracco, Marcus |
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TR-1895 |
whitneyportalstore.com |
2017-07-11 |
Gaudet, Dean |
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TR-621 |
peakbagger.com |
2016-03-25 |
Larson, Scott |
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TR-880 |
sierraascents.tumblr.com |
2015-07-23 |
Robinson, Phil |
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TR-2874 |
youtube.com |
2015-03-15 |
Okountsev, Serguei |
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TR-87 |
usstatehighpoints.substack.com |
2014-06-26 |
Esparza, Joseph |
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TR-1890 |
hikinginsocal.blogspot.com |
2014-06-26 |
Woodall, Rob |
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TR-725 |
peakbagger.com |
2013-11-02 |
Kirchmann, Patrick |
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TR-286 |
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2013-10-04 |
Thomas, Jerry |
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TR-530 |
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2013-08-29 |
Straub, Chad |
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TR-1238 |
jebsjourneys.com |
2013-08-19 |
Sullivan, Michael |
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TR-230 |
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2013-07-23 |
Morehouse, James |
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TR-323 |
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2012-09-08 |
914, BMS |
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TR-509 |
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2011-12-22 |
Thorman, Marlin |
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TR-2096 |
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2010-09-17 |
Dunham, Dave |
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TR-546 |
doubledmountainrunner.shutterfly.com |
2000-11-16 |
Barlow, James |
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TR-563 |
flickr.com |
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Description:
Mount Whitney is universally famous as the highest mountain in the United States outside of Alaska, as well as the highest point in California and the Sierra Nevada. Few major peaks have a more pronounced Jekyll-and-Hyde personality; the east face features sheer cliffs plunging thousands of feet down to the Owens Valley, while the west side provides a much more gentle aspect. The summit area is very flat and broad, one of the more anticlimactic summits of a famous peak anywhere.
Climbing Notes:
Even though the east face of Whitney is the steeper, cliffy side of the mountain, it overlooks U.S. 395 and provides the easiest and quickest ways to the summit. Access from the west is a multi-day backpacking trip across the great gash of the Kern River canyon from the Sequoia National Park roads.
By far the easiset route is the Mount Whitney Trail from the Whitney Portal Campground at the end of a paved road from Lone Pine. It is a graded, well-maintained trail that uses hundreds and hundreds of switchbacks to gain the crest of the Sierra a mile or so south of the summit, and then winds along behind the craggy pinnacles of the crest to the main summit. The main obstacle is bureaucracy; the climb is so popular that camping reservations often need to be made months in advance. One strategy for avoiding the hassle is to make the trip a very long (almost superhuman) day-hike, avoiding the need for a camping permit.
There are many other routes, including the "Mountaineer's Route" on the east face, a nice class 2/class 3 alternative to the throngs on the trail. There is no shortage of world-class big wall rock climbing on much of the east face. |
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