West side approach summary

claim · claim-whitney-west-approach

Claims and evidence

West side approach summary

Approximate one way miles
60
Minimum days one way
6
Permit
Sequoia and Kings Canyon wilderness permit
Route
High Sierra Trail
Starts at
Crescent Meadow
Evidence and sources (2)

No claim effective interval recorded.

Spatial scope IDs: scope-peak-mount-whitney

  1. Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details

    NPS identifies Mount Whitney as the tallest peak in the lower 48, on the Sequoia National Park–Inyo National Forest boundary. It publishes a 14,505-foot NAVD88 summit elevation, the 10.7-mile Whitney Portal approach, seasonal equipment qualification, and a roughly 60-mile west-side High Sierra Trail approach.

    Publisher
    National Park Service
    Observer / attribution
    Not recorded
    Observed at
    Unknown
    Retrieved at
    2026-09-23T01:00:00+00:00

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

  2. Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details

    NPS publishes the High Sierra Trail as a west-side Mount Whitney approach: 49 miles to the JMT junction plus about 13 miles to the summit, with a High Sierra Trail wilderness permit required and a detailed sequence including Guitar Lake, the summit, Trail Camp, Outpost Camp, and Whitney Portal.

    Publisher
    National Park Service
    Observer / attribution
    Not recorded
    Observed at
    Unknown
    Retrieved at
    2026-09-23T01:00:00+00:00

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

Recorded observations

Browse observations separately (2)

NPS publishes the High Sierra Trail as a west-side Mount Whitney approach: 49 miles to the JMT junction plus about 13 miles to the summit, with a High Sierra Trail wilderness permit required and a detailed sequence including Guitar Lake, the summit, Trail Camp, Outpost Camp, and Whitney Portal.

Publisher
National Park Service
Observer / attribution
Not recorded
Observed at
Unknown
Retrieved at
2026-09-23T01:00:00+00:00

Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

NPS identifies Mount Whitney as the tallest peak in the lower 48, on the Sequoia National Park–Inyo National Forest boundary. It publishes a 14,505-foot NAVD88 summit elevation, the 10.7-mile Whitney Portal approach, seasonal equipment qualification, and a roughly 60-mile west-side High Sierra Trail approach.

Publisher
National Park Service
Observer / attribution
Not recorded
Observed at
Unknown
Retrieved at
2026-09-23T01:00:00+00:00

Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

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