Hiking Mount Whitney 2023
/B/ Interim checkpoints
/1/ launch from Wilseyville, California to CA Highway 26
- 2 miles
/2/ CA Highway 26 north to CA Highway 88 (Pioneer)
- 8 miles
/3/ CA Highway 88 east to US Highway 395 at Minden
- 78 miles
(note: passes the Pacific Coast Trail Meiss trail-head)
/4/ US Highway 395 south to Lone Pine CA - 214 miles
/a/ rest stop 1
- Crestview - 110 miles
/b/ rest stop 2
- Division Creek - 77 miles
/c/ Lone Pine - 27 miles
/5/ Whitney Portal Road west to Mt. Whitney trail-head
- 13 miles
(note: check-in at the Whitney Portal store)
/6/ Mt. Whitney Portal trail ascending - 11 miles
/7/ Mt. Whitney Portal trail descending - 11 miles
(note: check-out at the Whitney Portal store)
/8/ Whitney Portal Road east to Lone Pine - 13 miles
/9/ US Highway 395 north to CA Highway 88 at Minden - 214 miles
/a/ rest stop 1
- Division Creek - 27 miles
/b/ rest stop 2
- Crestview - 77 miles
/c/ Minden Nevada
- 110 miles
/10/ CA Highway 88 west to CA Highway 26 - 78 miles
/11/ CA Highway 26 to Wilseyville - 8 miles
/12/ Railroad Flat Road to home - 2 miles