From here to way up there
The Mt. Whitney trail rises from alpine forests to glaciated cliffs well above the timberline. The vast majority hike the main trail, marked in red in the illustration below, while advanced climbers can tackle the Mountaineer’s Route, shown in dotted gray.
Sources: Times research; Topo!; Natural Graphics
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