Curious, since its not near major cities or
national parks.  Maybe tours going from L.A. to
Yosemite.

On Jul 7, 10:16 am, "rick++" <rick... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:
Curious, since its not near major cities or
national parks. Maybe tours going from L.A. to
Yosemite.

My map indicates that Whitney Portal is maybe three miles from Mount
Whitney in a straight line. If I'm not mistaken, the summit is right
at the boundary of Sequoia National Park and Inyo National Forest.

I haven't been there, but I thought that you can actually see Mount
Whitney from Whitney Portal. I couldn't see it from any of the roads
in Sequoia or Kings Canyon NPs.

On Jul 7, 10:16 am, "rick++" <rick... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:

Curious, since its not near major cities or
national parks.  Maybe tours going from L.A. to
Yosemite.

My map indicates that Whitney Portal is maybe three miles from Mount
Whitney in a straight line.  If I'm not mistaken, the summit is right
at the boundary of Sequoia National Park and Inyo National Forest.

I haven't been there, but I thought that you can actually see Mount
Whitney from Whitney Portal.  I couldn't see it from any of the roads
in Sequoia or Kings Canyon NPs.

On Jul 7, 10:16=A0am, "rick++" <rick... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:
Curious, since its not near major cities or
national parks. =A0Maybe tours going from L.A. to Yosemite.
Near is a relative term.

My map indicates that Whitney Portal is maybe three miles from Mount
Whitney in a straight line. If I'm not mistaken, the summit is right
at the boundary of Sequoia National Park and Inyo National Forest.

I haven't been there, but I thought that you can actually see Mount
Whitney from Whitney Portal. I couldn't see it from any of the roads
in Sequoia or Kings Canyon NPs.

y_p_w wrote:
On Jul 7, 10:16 am, "rick++" <rick... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:
Curious, since its not near major cities or
national parks. Maybe tours going from L.A. to
Yosemite.

My map indicates that Whitney Portal is maybe three miles from Mount
Whitney in a straight line. If I'm not mistaken, the summit is right
at the boundary of Sequoia National Park and Inyo National Forest.

I haven't been there, but I thought that you can actually see Mount
Whitney from Whitney Portal. I couldn't see it from any of the roads
in Sequoia or Kings Canyon NPs.


I've never been to Whitney Portal, but you most certainly can see Mount
Whitney from Lone Pine, where the road to Whitney Portal branches
off from the main highway. The view of Lone Pine from the last part
of the trail up Mount Whitney is extremely spectacular at night
before the slightest bit of sunrise. It (Lone Pine) is only visible in
a few places through notches but when it is, the lights in the
distance are stunning.

You should also be able to see, at least with binoculars, the
lamps of people making it up Whitney in the dark, when they pass
the notches, from Lone Pine or better, from the nearby Alabama Hills.

Yes, you can see Mt. Whitney from Highway 395, Lone Pine, and for much of

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On Jul 7, 10:16=A0am, "rick++" <rick... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:
Curious, since its not near major cities or
national parks. =A0Maybe tours going from L.A. to Yosemite.

Near is a relative term.
Whitney is in Sequioa NP.

My map indicates that Whitney Portal is maybe three miles from Mount
Whitney in a straight line. If I'm not mistaken, the summit is right
at the boundary of Sequoia National Park and Inyo National Forest.

I haven't been there, but I thought that you can actually see Mount
Whitney from Whitney Portal. I couldn't see it from any of the roads
in Sequoia or Kings Canyon NPs.

It's been a while, but there's a couple of places near the Portal where
you can see the summit and upper part of the East Buttress.

The check is the Star Trek Generations film. There's a cut which starts
viewing the Whitney summit (w/o ID) which pans down to a house at
Whitney Portal and then cut inside the house the soon to be dead Capt. Kirk
is making an omelet when Piccard enters.

Lone Pine and Death Valley are trying to build summer and fall tourism
in serious ways beyond existing tourism with the high temps (Europeans)
and fall is when the film festival of films and commercials shot at
Movie Flat are shown. Don't think LA, think LV. The Inyo economy is
seriously hurting.

KC has only one road and there's no way you can see Whitney from that
road which is in the Kern not Kings drainage (the bottom of). I tend to
doubt that you can see Whitney from the West from a road (it would have to
be Moro Rock) because you have to look above and behind some seriously tall
ridges and peaks. I'm trying to remember if you could see it from
Alta (I tend to think not). You also have to distinguish it from the
West from other similar looking plateaus.

--

y_p_wwrote:
On Jul 7, 10:16 am, "rick++" <rick... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:
Curious, since its not near major cities or
national parks.  Maybe tours going from L.A. to
Yosemite.

My map indicates that Whitney Portal is maybe three miles from Mount
Whitney in a straight line.  If I'm not mistaken, the summit is right
at the boundary of Sequoia National Park and Inyo National Forest.

I haven't been there, but I thought that you can actually see Mount
Whitney from Whitney Portal.  I couldn't see it from any of the roads
in Sequoia or Kings Canyon NPs.

I've never been to Whitney Portal, but you most certainly can see Mount
Whitney from Lone Pine, where the road to Whitney Portal branches
off from the main highway. The view of Lone Pine from the last part
of the trail up Mount Whitney is extremely spectacular at night
before the slightest bit of sunrise. It (Lone Pine) is only visible in
a few places through notches but when it is, the lights in the
distance are stunning.

You should also be able to see, at least with binoculars, the
lamps of people making it up Whitney in the dark, when they pass
the notches, from Lone Pine or better, from the nearby Alabama Hills.

In article <3104fb45-18ec-4b83-816c-55b4dc831... at (no spam) 59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,y_p_w <y_... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:
On Jul 7, 10:16=A0am, "rick++" <rick... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:
Curious, since its not near major cities or
national parks. =A0Maybe tours going from L.A. to Yosemite.

                Near is a relative term.
                Whitney is in Sequioa NP.

My map indicates that Whitney Portal is maybe three miles from Mount
Whitney in a straight line.  If I'm not mistaken, the summit is right
at the boundary of Sequoia National Park and Inyo National Forest.

I haven't been there, but I thought that you can actually see Mount
Whitney from Whitney Portal.  I couldn't see it from any of the roads
in Sequoia or Kings Canyon NPs.

It's been a while, but there's a couple of places near the Portal where
you can see the summit and upper part of the East Buttress.

The check is the Star Trek Generations film.  There's a cut which starts
viewing the Whitney summit (w/o ID) which pans down to a house at
Whitney Portal and then cut inside the house the soon to be dead Capt. Kirk
is making an omelet when Piccard enters.

Lone Pine and Death Valley are trying to build summer and fall tourism
in serious ways beyond existing tourism with the high temps (Europeans)
and fall is when the film festival of films and commercials shot at
Movie Flat are shown.  Don't think LA, think LV.  The Inyo economy is
seriously hurting.

KC has only one road and there's no way you can see Whitney from that
road which is in the Kern not Kings drainage (the bottom of).  I tend to
doubt that you can see Whitney from the West from a road (it would have to
be Moro Rock) because you have to look above and behind some seriously tall
ridges and peaks.  I'm trying to remember if you could see it from
Alta (I tend to think not).  You also have to distinguish it from the
West from other similar looking plateaus.

Alta <--> Whitney

Alta Peak works for Whitney:

http://www.whitneyportalstore.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/49439/page/1#Post49439

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y_p_w <y_p_w at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:
On Jul 7, 10:16=A0am, "rick++" <rick... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:
Curious, since its not near major cities or
national parks. =A0Maybe tours going from L.A. to Yosemite.
Near is a relative term.
Whitney is in Sequioa NP.
My map indicates that Whitney Portal is maybe three miles from Mount
Whitney in a straight line. If I'm not mistaken, the summit is right
at the boundary of Sequoia National Park and Inyo National Forest.

I haven't been there, but I thought that you can actually see Mount
Whitney from Whitney Portal. I couldn't see it from any of the roads
in Sequoia or Kings Canyon NPs.

It's been a while, but there's a couple of places near the Portal where
you can see the summit and upper part of the East Buttress.

The check is the Star Trek Generations film. There's a cut which starts
viewing the Whitney summit (w/o ID) which pans down to a house at
Whitney Portal and then cut inside the house the soon to be dead Capt.
Kirk
is making an omelet when Piccard enters.

Lone Pine and Death Valley are trying to build summer and fall tourism
in serious ways beyond existing tourism with the high temps (Europeans)
and fall is when the film festival of films and commercials shot at
Movie Flat are shown. Don't think LA, think LV. The Inyo economy is
seriously hurting.

snip

Movie Flat are shown. Don't think LA, think LV. The Inyo economy is
seriously hurting.

The attitude of Owens Valley residents is interesting. Living there is a
lifestyle choice, not always with money in mind.

So for example, an
enlarged airport up north at Mammoth would give all of the residents more
access to the outside world when they want it, it would bring an influx of
visitors who might impact the way of life. Development down around Big
Pine, Independence, Lone Pine and Olancha is somewhat hampered by the large
land holdings of LA Water and Power. On the plus side, LAWP has a lot of
good paying jobs.

I haven't seen many changes along that part of 395 in 20 years, except that
there are several sections of 4 lane roads. I'd like to see it stay much as
it is, but....I don't have to make a living there.

On Jul 7, 4:07=A0pm, eug... at (no spam) cse.ucsc.edu (Eugene Miya) wrote:
In article <3104fb45-18ec-4b83-816c-55b4dc831... at (no spam) 59g2000hsb.googlegroups.=
com>,y_p_w=A0<y_... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:
On Jul 7, 10:16=3DA0am, "rick++" <rick... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:
Curious, since its not near major cities or
national parks. =3DA0Maybe tours going from L.A. to Yosemite.

=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Near is a relative term.
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Whitney is in Sequioa NP.

My map indicates that Whitney Portal is maybe three miles from Mount
Whitney in a straight line. =A0If I'm not mistaken, the summit is right
at the boundary of Sequoia National Park and Inyo National Forest.

I haven't been there, but I thought that you can actually see Mount
Whitney from Whitney Portal. =A0I couldn't see it from any of the roads
in Sequoia or Kings Canyon NPs.

It's been a while, but there's a couple of places near the Portal where
you can see the summit and upper part of the East Buttress.

Again - I was going by some quick and dirty research.

I just typed
Whitney Portal into an image search and came up with photos of Mount
Whitney. I guess most of them were taken on the way to Whitney Portal
or where it was just in the picture.

The check is the Star Trek Generations film. =A0There's a cut which start=
s
viewing the Whitney summit (w/o ID) which pans down to a house at
Whitney Portal and then cut inside the house the soon to be dead Capt. Ki=
rk
is making an omelet when Piccard enters.

Lone Pine and Death Valley are trying to build summer and fall tourism
in serious ways beyond existing tourism with the high temps (Europeans)
and fall is when the film festival of films and commercials shot at
Movie Flat are shown. =A0Don't think LA, think LV. =A0The Inyo economy is
seriously hurting.

I thought Germans were the most gung ho Death Valley summer hikers.

When I visited during a June afternoon, I talked to one of the rangers
there about hiking in the summer, which isn't recommended for obvious
reasons. Someone wanted to hike from Badwater to Telescope Peak, and
This is somewhat common.
apparently attempted it against their strong recommendations against
it. Don't know if he became vulture food.

On this trip a couple of years ago, I arrived in Bishop without a
reservation (didn't I mention this before?) and was fortunate to fine
??
one of the last rooms in town. We probably could have made our way to
Mammoth Lakes, but that would have been pricier. I noticed even in
40 miles, too
small towns in the middle of nowhere, many of the retail businesses
are run by immigrant families from South Asia and the Middle East.
Must be a real culture shock for them.

KC has only one road and there's no way you can see Whitney from that
road which is in the Kern not Kings drainage (the bottom of). =A0I tend t=
o
doubt that you can see Whitney from the West from a road (it would have t=
o
be Moro Rock) because you have to look above and behind some seriously ta=
ll
ridges and peaks. =A0I'm trying to remember if you could see it from
Alta (I tend to think not). =A0You also have to distinguish it from the
West from other similar looking plateaus.

There's an interpretive sign at Moro Rock that shows all the mountains
within view. It mentions that Whitney isn't visible because the view
is blocked. At the Roads End permit station in KC, nothing much is
visible because there are just way too many trees.

Yes, you can see Mt. Whitney from Highway 395, Lone Pine, and for much of
the approach up to Whitney Portal, but not at the Portal itself. I think
the best views are from the Alabama Hills, just west of Lone Pine.