High Sierra Trail

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backpacking route long-distance hiking trail

The High Sierra Trail is a renowned long-distance hiking route in California’s Sierra Nevada that traverses dramatic alpine terrain from the western side of the range to Mount Whitney.

Aliases (1)

High Sierra Trail corridor ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	backpacking route → long-distance hiking trail →
approximateLength	116 kilometers → 72 miles →
connectsTo	John Muir Trail → Mount Whitney Trail →
country	United States →
crosses	Great Western Divide →
difficulty	strenuous →
endingPoint	Mount Whitney → Whitney Portal (via connection) →
hazard	afternoon thunderstorms → altitude sickness → snowfields early season →
highestElevation	14505 feet → 4418 meters →
highestPoint	Mount Whitney summit →
locatedIn	California → Sierra Nevada → United States →
managedBy	National Park Service →
mountainRange	Sierra Nevada →
notableFeature	access to Mount Whitney from the west → views of the Great Western Divide →
passesNear	Big Arroyo → Great Western Divide → Hamilton Lakes → Kaweah Gap → Kern River Canyon → Wallace Creek →
passesThrough	Sequoia National Park → Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks →
permitIssuer	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks →
permitRequired	yes →
region	southern Sierra Nevada →
season	early fall → summer →
startingArea	Giant Forest →
startingPark	Sequoia National Park →
startingPoint	Crescent Meadow →
trailSurface	dirt → rock →
traverses	alpine terrain → granite canyons → subalpine forest →
typicalCompletionTime	6 to 10 days →
uses	backpacking → hiking →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Great Western Divide → Kaweah Gap →	traversedBy
Sequoia National Park →	contains
Kaweah Gap ("High Sierra Trail corridor") →	partOfTrailSystem