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Bird's
eye views of the trail, East
Side and West
Side.
Text
map of Lone Pine, showing the location of
businesses, the road to the portal, and the permit
pick-up spot - the Eastern Sierra Interagency Visitors Center
at the junction of US 395 and SR 136 about 1.6 miles
south of downtown Lone Pine. Modified slightly
from the original version created and posted on the
Whitney Message Board by Versatile Fred.
There
are supposedly several shortcuts
along the trail. The first shortcut sounds like it is
worth trying. It uses the original trailhead and cuts
about a third of a mile off the roundabout route taken
by the start of the current trail. The other shortcuts
involve cross country travel and, from the look of the
trail map, don't save as much distance.
Landmarks:
| Landmarks
Along the Trail |
Distance
from the Portal (miles) |
Elevation
(feet) |
| Portal |
0 |
8,360 |
| Lone Pine Creek Cascade |
2.6 |
9,900 |
| Lone Pine Lake Junction |
2.9 |
9,950 |
| Bighorn
Park |
3.5 |
10,360 |
| Outpost Camp |
3.8 |
10,360 |
| Mirror Lake |
4.3 |
10,640 |
| Trailside Meadow |
5.3 |
11,400 |
| Trail Camp |
6.3 |
12,040 |
| Trail Crest |
8.5 |
13,660 |
| Muir
Trail Junction (take the fork to the east, going
north and up) |
9.0 |
13,480 |
| Summit |
11 |
14,500 |
Water sources along the trail, from Bob Rockwell's Word
document and photo web page (see links
page).
| H2O
Sources on Main Trail |
Grade |
Distance
(miles) |
Elevation
(feet) |
Notes |
| Carillon Creek stream crossing |
B |
0.5 |
8,600 |
From the slopes to the north
(photo) |
| North Fork LP Creek stream crossing |
B |
0.7 |
8,800 |
From Lower Boy Scout Lake
(photo) |
| Cascade by downed log, below LP Lake |
B |
2.5 |
9,900 |
Stream from Bighorn Park
(photo) |
| Logs over stream
coming from Bighorn Park |
C |
2.7 |
|
(photo) |
| Stream in Bighorn Park |
F |
3.6 |
|
Parts
are stagnant, with lots of algae (photo) |
| Spring, south side of Bighorn Park |
A |
3.7 |
10,360 |
Spring from the north slopes of Candlelight Peak
(photo) |
| Stream by Outpost Camp |
B |
3.8 |
10,360 |
From Mirror
Lake (photo) |
| Stream from Mirror Lake |
C |
3.9 |
|
(photo) |
| Outlet of Mirror Lake |
C |
4.3 |
10,640 |
Can have minor organic matter late in the season
(photo) |
| Stream from Trailside Meadow |
B |
4.8 |
11,150 |
In spring and summer, most comes from Consultation Lake
(photo) |
| Trailside Meadow |
B |
5.3 |
11,390 |
Later in the season, most comes from the Trail Camp area
(photo) |
| Consultation Lake |
B |
5.8 |
11,700 |
Actually, off the trail to the south |
| Stream from Trail Camp Pond |
C |
5.9 |
|
(photo) |
| Trail Camp Pond |
D |
6.3 |
12,040 |
Next to Trail Camp
(photo) |
| Stream feeding Trail Camp Lake |
B |
6.3+ |
12,040 |
Just west of Trail Camp Lake
(photo) |
| Spring near Switchback #23 |
A |
6.7 |
12,400 |
Flows
(or seeps) May – October; may freeze at night |
| Topographic
map of trail with H2O points marked (large
662 KB image) |
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