Mount Whitney Trail

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hiking trail mountain trail

Mount Whitney Trail is the primary hiking route used by climbers to reach the summit of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Mount Whitney Main Trailhead 1
Mount Whitney Trail from Whitney Portal 1
Mount Whitney climbing route 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hiking trail ⓘ
mountain trail ⓘ
accesses John Muir Wilderness ⓘ
accessRestriction quota system ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
difficulty strenuous ⓘ
elevationGain over 1,800 meters ⓘ
over 6,000 feet ⓘ
feature 97 switchbacks section ⓘ
Convict Lake ⓘ
surface form: Lone Pine Lake

Outpost Camp ⓘ
Trail Camp ⓘ
Trail Crest ⓘ
hazard afternoon thunderstorms ⓘ
altitude sickness ⓘ
snow and ice in shoulder seasons ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Whitney ⓘ
surface form: Mount Whitney summit
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Inyo County, California ⓘ
Inyo National Forest ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
lowestPoint Whitney Portal region ⓘ
surface form: Whitney Portal
managedBy U.S. Forest Service ⓘ
near Lone Pine, California ⓘ
notableAs primary hiking route to the highest peak in the contiguous United States ⓘ
partOf Sierra Nevada ⓘ
permitType day-use permit ⓘ
overnight permit ⓘ
popularFor day hikes to Mount Whitney ⓘ
overnight summit trips ⓘ
primaryAccessTo Mount Whitney ⓘ
surface form: Mount Whitney summit
region Eastern Sierra ⓘ
surface form: eastern Sierra Nevada
requires permit ⓘ
season typically snow-free in summer ⓘ
startsAt Whitney Portal region ⓘ
surface form: Whitney Portal
summitElevation approximately 14,505 feet ⓘ
approximately 4,421 meters ⓘ
surface dirt ⓘ
rock ⓘ
terminatesAt summit of Mount Whitney ⓘ
trailLength approximately 22 miles round trip ⓘ
approximately 35 kilometers round trip ⓘ
usedFor backpacking ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
WhitneyPortalElevation about 2,548 meters ⓘ
about 8,360 feet ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trail Crest → accessedBy → Mount Whitney Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Whitney Trail from Whitney Portal
High Sierra Trail → connectsTo → Mount Whitney Trail ⓘ
Trail Crest → featureOf → Mount Whitney Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Whitney climbing route
Lone Pine, California → hasNearbyTrailhead → Mount Whitney Trail ⓘ
Mount Whitney vicinity → hasTrail → Mount Whitney Trail ⓘ
Whitney Portal region → hasTrailhead → Mount Whitney Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Whitney Main Trailhead
Whitney Portal Campground → locatedAtTrailheadOf → Mount Whitney Trail ⓘ
Trail Crest → locatedOn → Mount Whitney Trail ⓘ
Whitney Portal Store → near → Mount Whitney Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Whitney trailhead
Mount Whitney → popularRoute → Mount Whitney Trail ⓘ
Whitney Portal region → primaryAccessTo → Mount Whitney Trail ⓘ