High Sierra Trail
The High Sierra Trail is a hiking trail in Sequoia National Park, California. The trail crosses the Sierra Nevada from west to east. According to the Yosemite Decimal System, the HST is a Class 1/Class 2 trail, which means simple scrambling, with the possibility of occasional use of the hands for balance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Trail
- Description: long-distance hiking trail in the United States
- Also known as: “HST”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alta Peak.
Alta Peak
Peak
Alta Peak is in Sequoia National Park not far from Giant Forest. Before 1896, the mountain was known as Tharps Peak. By 1903 it was generally known by its current name and Alta Peak appears on the Tehipite quadrangle, USGS 30 minute topographic map of 1905, and was officially recognized by the Board on Geographic Names in 1928. Alta Peak is situated 1½ miles northeast of High Sierra Trail.
High Sierra Trail
- Categories: trail, long-distance trail, and transportation
- Location: Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“High Sierra Trail” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “高山步道”
- Chinese: “高山脈小徑”
- French: “High Sierra Trail”
- French: “HST”
- Japanese: “ハイ・シエラ山道”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “High Sierra Trail”. Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0.