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Distance335.77 km
Elevation gain14471 m
Elevation loss17597 m
Estimated time99 h
Altitude maximum4387 m
Altitude minimum1239 m
TypeOut & back
DifficultyVery hard
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About this trail
335.77 km loop hiking starting from Mount Whitney.
This hike includes 29 significant climbs. With a total elevation gain of 8815 m across 88.68 km, with an average slope of 9.9%.
- Climb 1 (at km 13.60 km): +34 m over 357 m, average slope 9.5%
- Climb 2 (at km 16.28 km): +90 m over 1.12 km, average slope 8.0%
- Climb 3 (at km 23.04 km): +318 m over 3.69 km, average slope 8.6%
- Climb 4 (at km 33.86 km): +568 m over 6.15 km, average slope 9.2%
- Climb 5 (at km 53.45 km): +508 m over 3.28 km, average slope 15.5%
- Climb 6 (at km 79.62 km): +833 m over 7.32 km, average slope 11.4%
- Climb 7 (at km 95.47 km): +587 m over 7.79 km, average slope 7.5%
- Climb 8 (at km 129.20 km): +900 m over 9.24 km, average slope 9.7%
- Climb 9 (at km 130.89 km): +111 m over 997 m, average slope 11.1%
- Climb 10 (at km 169.69 km): +673 m over 6.20 km, average slope 10.9%
- Climb 11 (at km 174.65 km): +193 m over 2.68 km, average slope 7.2%
- Climb 12 (at km 190.75 km): +247 m over 3.30 km, average slope 7.5%
- Climb 13 (at km 206.73 km): +803 m over 7.50 km, average slope 10.7%
- Climb 14 (at km 216.96 km): +403 m over 3.20 km, average slope 12.6%
- Climb 15 (at km 218.36 km): +59 m over 701 m, average slope 8.4%
- Climb 16 (at km 222.53 km): +124 m over 1.14 km, average slope 10.9%
- Climb 17 (at km 226.38 km): +63 m over 804 m, average slope 7.8%
- Climb 18 (at km 233.59 km): +44 m over 811 m, average slope 5.4%
- Climb 19 (at km 244.25 km): +31 m over 357 m, average slope 8.7%
- Climb 20 (at km 253.91 km): +605 m over 6.14 km, average slope 9.9%
- Climb 21 (at km 262.52 km): +349 m over 3.09 km, average slope 11.3%
- Climb 22 (at km 265.56 km): +127 m over 1.03 km, average slope 12.3%
- Climb 23 (at km 270.07 km): +85 m over 958 m, average slope 8.9%
- Climb 24 (at km 278.69 km): +372 m over 4.00 km, average slope 9.3%
- Climb 25 (at km 301.61 km): +43 m over 767 m, average slope 5.6%
- Climb 26 (at km 305.80 km): +315 m over 2.54 km, average slope 12.4%
- Climb 27 (at km 310.01 km): +126 m over 1.95 km, average slope 6.5%
- Climb 28 (at km 316.62 km): +130 m over 1.42 km, average slope 9.1%
- Climb 29 (at km 332.22 km): +74 m over 130 m, average slope 57.0%
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