The Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks is the consolidated management structure for Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park in California. Both parks have been jointly administered s
Rae Lakes Creek in Kings Canyon National Park, within the Sequoia-Kings Canyon biosphere reserve
Mount Whitney
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Mount Whitney is a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada range, and is the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet. It is located in East–Central California al
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
…of that range. Pleistocene glaciers left an abrupt topography of granite carved canyons and domes and hundreds of glacial lakes. Among the peaks is Mount Whitney which, at 14,491 feet, is one of the tallest mountains in the United States. Other mountains range from elevation of 12,000 feet to 14,000 feet. Sequoia…
East Face close-up seen from the Whitney Portal
Sky pilot blooming on ridge just below summit
Mount Whitney as seen from Mount Langley
The Smithsonian Institution Shelter on Whitney's summit