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  2. South Sierra Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    The South Sierra Wilderness is the southernmost Forest Service-managed section of a continuous chain of wilderness areas protecting the Sierra Nevada crest from Walker Pass to Lake Tahoe. Elevations range from about 6,100 feet (1,900 m) near Kennedy Meadows, up to 12,132 feet (3,698 m) at Olancha Peak . [ 2 ]

  3. High Sierra Trail - Wikipedia

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    The High Sierra Trail (HST) is a hiking trail in Sequoia National Park, California.The trail crosses the Sierra Nevada from west to east. According to the Yosemite Decimal System, the HST is a Class 1/Class 2 trail, which means simple scrambling, with the possibility of occasional use of the hands for balance.

  4. Kaiser Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    The wilderness is 22,700 acres (92 km 2) in size, is one of five wilderness areas within the Sierra National Forest and is managed by the US Forest Service. The Kaiser Wilderness stretches along an east–west ridge and is separated from the High Sierra by the South Fork San Joaquin River canyon.

  5. Dinkey Lakes Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    The landscape of Dinkey Lakes Wilderness is composed of sub-alpine forests with high, rolling ridges made up of granitic bedrock interspersed with large, wet meadows. A high divide along the southwestern boundary has several peaks over 10,000 ft (3,000 m). elevation, including the Three Sisters, Brown Peak, and Eagle Peak.

  6. John Muir Trail - Wikipedia

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    From Tuolumne Meadows the trail turns south, running parallel to the main range of the Sierra Nevada, through Yosemite National Park, Inyo and Sierra national forests (including the John Muir Wilderness and Ansel Adams Wilderness), passing through Devils Postpile National Monument, Kings Canyon National Park, and ending on Mount Whitney in ...

  7. Ansel Adams Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    The Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States.The wilderness spans 231,533 acres (93,698 ha); 33.9% of the territory lies in the Inyo National Forest, 65.8% is in the Sierra National Forest, and the remaining 0.3% covers nearly all of Devils Postpile National Monument. [1]

  8. Jennie Lakes Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    Jennie Lakes Wilderness is about nine square miles within the Sequoia National Forest, that was established by the California Wilderness Act of 1984, [1] and added to the National Wilderness Preservation System. The Jennie Lakes Wilderness is a classic high Sierra landscape.

  9. Sierra High Route - Wikipedia

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    From south to north (the direction Roper recommends hiking it), the Sierra High Route passes through Kings Canyon National Park, the Inyo National Forest, and Yosemite National Park. In 2006, Backpacker magazine editor Steve Howe hiked the entire Sierra High Route in one month. [2]

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