The Mountains • California

Mount Whitney

14,505 ftPublished (NGS benchmark), read on its page 12 October 2026

14,482 ftFrom the terrain: 14,482 ft • 4,414 m

3 routes to the top and 4 named camps and huts beside them. Bring your own GPX track in the studio and your line prints instead.

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Three of the Eight Styles

Mount Whitney in Relief on Alpenglow, with the John Muir Trail in Blood Red and its camps named. — Relief

Mount Whitney in Oblique on Morning, with the John Muir Trail in Blood Red and its camps named. — Oblique

Mount Whitney in Survey on Ink, with the John Muir Trail in Blood Red and its camps named. — Survey

The routes

Route	Length	Climb	Starts at
John Muir Trail mapped route	12.1 mi	5,176 ft	10,393 ft
Mount Whitney Trail mapped route	10.6 mi	6,968 ft	8,327 ft
Mount Whitney Mountaineer's Route mapped route	4.7 mi	6,265 ft	8,327 ft

The camps and huts

Camp or hut	Height
Ravine Campground	8,205 ft
Mount Whitney Trailhead Campground	8,289 ft
Outpost Camp	10,380 ft
Trail Camp	12,012 ft

Not affiliated with any park, expedition company or federation; no company logos. The drawing is ours, made from the OpenStreetMap survey as of 13 October 2026 (© OpenStreetMap contributors. Open Database License 1.0: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), retrieved 13 October 2026.