The Mount Whitney Trail is an eleven mile hiking path that takes you to the summit of the highest mountain in the continental United States. From the trailhead at Whitney Portal to the summit of Mount Whitney, hikers gain more than 6,000 feet of elevation and cross through multiple climatic zones. I’ve climbed mountains before and I thought Whitney was going to be easy. Hell, people are up and out in a day…how hard could it really be?
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