The Golden Trout Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada, in Tulare County and Inyo County, California. It is located 40 miles (64 km) east of Porterville within Inyo National Forest and Sequoia National Forest.
Lookout from the Jordan Trail
Golden Trout Wilderness, one day after a rainstorm, just south of Farewell Gap
The golden trout
Casa Vieja Guard Station, at Casa Vieja Meadows, Mount Whitney Ranger District, circa 1976. Built in 1959.
Inyo County is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada. In the 2020 census, the population was 19,016. The county seat is Independence. Inyo County is on the east side of the Sierra Nevada and southeast of Yosemite National Park in Central California. It contains the Owens River Valley; it is flanked to the west by the Sierra Nevada and to the east by the White Mountains and the Inyo Mountains. With an area of 10,192 square miles (26,400 km2), Inyo is the second-largest county by area in California, after San Bernardino County. Almost one-half of that area is within Death Valley National Park. However, with a population density of 1.8 people per square mile, it also has the second-lowest population density in California, after Alpine County.
Wildflowers blooming in Death Valley after a wet winter
Owens Valley and the Sierra Escarpment
"Welcome to Inyo County" sign along U.S. Route 395
The Inyo County Court House in Independence