21: Mt. Whitney
The highest point in the contiguous United States, Mt. Whitney. It’s located in East–Central California near the town of Lone Pine.
[pin 📍 /] [geo lat=‘36.5869’ lon=’-118.2401’ adr=‘8365 Whitney Portal Rd, Independence, CA 93545’ url=‘https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/inyo/recreation/hiking/recarea/?recid=20806&actid=51’ trail=‘usa:california:mt-whitney’]Mt. Whitney Trailhead[/geo]
Area map and recreation guide
Look for additional maps by Tom Harris and National Geographic.
- 03m15s Day One
- 03m50s Map sequence
- 06m31s Stream crossing
- 08m26s Snack break
- 09m38s Verdant garden
- 13m21s Heading to lone pine
- 14m36s Lone pine lake
- 16m42s Outpost camp
- 17m59s Dinner
- 18m50s
Remove oxygen absorber — you don’t need to do that.
— Thomas - 21m13s Campsite reflections
- 21m40s Star timelapses
- 22m55s Day Two
- 24m34s Mirror lake and onward
- 26m37s Above the tree line
- 28m33s An impasse
- 29m25s Fork in the road
- 31m44s Microspikes and ice
- 33m20s Consultation lake
- 35m09s Trail camp
- 37m02s Evening reflections
- 38m18s Day Three
- 40m31s Hikers in trouble?
- 42m36s Sunrise
- 43m54s Past the cables
- 46m36s Trail crest
- 48m31s Atop the ridge
- 50m00s The summit
- 50m42s Gratitude
- 51m45s Summit reflections
- 52m50s Why do people climb mountains?
- 55m46s Final morning
- 58m20s Credits
- 58m55s [geo lat=‘36.58680’ lon=’-118.24088’ url=‘https://mountwhitneyportal.com/’]Whitney Portal Store[/geo]
- 59m44s Sierra Club Wilderness Travel Course
- 1h01m04s [v slug=‘overnight-trip-on-the-kern-river’ /]
- 1h02m27s What a great day to climb a mountain…
- 1h02m54s Wag bag methodology
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