10.8 km
Total Distance
1,177 m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

An 11 km climb from the Wolverton trailhead in Sequoia National Park, over Panther Gap and up the Alta Trail to Alta Peak (3,437 m), not far from Giant Forest. Tharps Rock, a rocky outcrop 0.8 km south-west of the summit, keeps the name the mountain itself carried before 1896, Tharps Peak.

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Difficulty

4/5 · Difficult
  • Experience with long mountain hikes