Trail Crest

{{Short description|Low point at 13,645-foot elevation on a hiking route up Mount Whitney}}

File:Trail Crest on Mount Whitney trail.jpg

Trail Crest

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| accessdate = 2014-06-01}} is a mountain trail pass on the Mount Whitney Trail that crosses the Sierra Crest. East of the pass are 97 switchbacks leading down to Trail Camp in Inyo National Forest. West of the pass is Sequoia National Park and the trail leading {{convert|2|mi|km}} north to the summit of Mount Whitney.{{cite book|last1=Winnett|first1=Thomas|first2=Jason|last2=Winnett|first3=Kathy|last3=Morey|first4=Lyn|last4=Haber|title=Sierra South: 100 Back-country Trips in California's Sierra|publisher=Wilderness Press|year=1993|edition=6th|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sierrasouth100ba00winn/page/219 219]|isbn=0-89997-162-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/sierrasouth100ba00winn/page/219}}

Trail Crest, at an elevation of {{convert|13645|ft|m}}, is the highest trail pass in the United States.Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey.