Mount Whitney Trail
Mount Whitney Trail is a short, very steep climb in California. Its 8.5 TEP puts it above 74% of catalogued climbs. Its steepest 500 metres run at 34.0% and start 402 m in, in the middle of the climb, so pace the first part. Most runners need 16 to 28 minutes. Graded mountain hiking: rougher ground where footing starts to matter. It faces east: sun early, shade after lunch.
- TEP
- 8.5
- Climb
- +265 m
- Distance
- 1.1 km
- Average grade
- 24.2%
- Time
- 16 to 28 min
Climbs nearby
- Mount Whitney, 12.7 km at 12.7% (0.5 km away)
- North Fork Lone Pine Creek, 3.5 km at 22.7%, California (0.5 km away)
- Meysan Lakes, 3.6 km at 19.2%, California (2 km away)
- Meysan Lakes, 1.3 km at 22.6% (2.2 km away)
- Meysan Lakes, 1.4 km at 14.8% (2.6 km away)
- Whitney Portal Nrt, 3.7 km at 12.2% (3.3 km away)
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