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Mount Whitney is the highest summit of the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States.. This is a complete list of the 12 summits with elevation higher than 14,000 feet (4,267 m) in the U.S. state of California, with at least 300 feet (91.44 meters) of topographic prominence.
In 28 days, they completed a trip of 228 miles through the high mountains, including several previously unexplored sections. [11] In 1914, the Sierra Club appointed a committee to cooperate with the State of California to begin construction of the trail. John Muir died later that year, and the proposed trail was renamed in his honor. [12] [13]
Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States.. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of California.
The Sierra Nevada (/ s i ˌ ɛr ə n ɪ ˈ v æ d ə,-ˈ v ɑː d-/ see-ERR-ə nih-VA(H)D-ə) [6] [a] is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.
10 Trails and routes. 11 Giant sequoia. ... This list is about the Sierra Nevada of ... Mount Whitney. List of mountains over 14,000 ft (4250 m) with 300 ft (90 m ...
Mount Stanford is a 12,838-foot-elevation (3,913 meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States. [5] It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness, on the boundary shared by Sierra National Forest with Inyo National Forest, and along the common border of Fresno County with Mono County.
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.
The wilderness contains 589.5 miles (948.7 km) of hiking trails, [3] including the John Muir Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail, which run through the wilderness from north to south. The John Muir Wilderness is the second most-visited wilderness in the United States, and quotas for overnight use have been implemented on virtually all trailheads.