Oscar-nominated filmmaker David Vassar, who shot sixteen millimeter footage of the Stoneman Meadow riots in 1970, is currently working on a documentary about the U.S. Air Force’s attempts to remove three hundred thousand acres from Nevada’s Desert National Wildlife Refuge and use it as a bombing range. backcountrypictures.com, @BackcountryPics
We get it: Mount Whitney is the highest point in the Lower 48, and who wouldn’t want to stand on top of that? Keep in mind that you need to win the permit lottery and you probably won’t be alone. A good place to start your research is in the forums at The Whitney Zone, whitneyzone.com.
However, we might point out that there are eleven more peaks above fourteen thousand feet in the Sierra Nevada with a prominence of at least three hundred feet. The Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section lists two hundred forty-seven worthy summits in
This story — and 42 issues of them — opens with a subscription.
Either one picks up right where you left off.
Join 7,000+ readers · Independently owned · Since 2008
Already a subscriber? Sign in
42 issues. 11 years. Independently owned. Printed on 70lb uncoated paper with a soft-touch cover, solar-powered, and shipped in a brown paper envelope. Free domestic shipping.