The forest hosts several superlatives, including mount whitney, the highest point. United states geological survey, united states department of the interior Over the weekend, a hiker fell in the 99 switchbacks section of whitney's main trail, according to the inyo county sheriff's office.
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The mountain's west slope is in sequoia national park and the summit is the southern terminus of the john muir trail, which runs 211.9 mi (341.0 km) from happy isles in yosemite valley
[8] the eastern slopes are in inyo national forest in inyo county
Mount whitney is ranked 18th by topographic isolation and 81st by prominence on earth. It lies on the boundary between the sierra nevada mountains and the inyo national forest, around 100 miles east of fresno, california The shortest trail route from the mountain's base to its. Management the mount whitney trail, from above lone pine lake to trail crest, lies within the special mount whitney zone of the inyo national forest
Due to the high volume of trail users, the forest service enforces special regulations here to preserve whitney's wild character. Under clear and fair conditions, edwards and volunteers with the inyo county search and rescue team located two “fall victims” on the north face of mount whitney, at an elevation of 13,200. It sits between the sierra nevada mountains and the inyo national forest, around four hours north of.
