The Great Western Divide is a
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
mountain range that forms part of the border between the
Kings Canyon and
Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and today protects of forested mountainous terrain. Encompassing ...
s. Some of the summits of the Great Western Divide reach well over . The
High Sierra Trail
The High Sierra Trail (HST) 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 scrambl ...
crosses the range at
Kaweah Gap
The Kaweah Gap () is the lowest east–west pass through the Great Western Divide, in Sequoia National Park, California, United States. The High Sierra Trail is routed through this pass.
The Kaweah Gap is flanked by Mount Stewart
Mount S ...
from
Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and today protects of forested mountainous terrain. Encompassing ...
.
The divide separates the watersheds of the
Kaweah,
Kern
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and
Kings rivers. The divide includes the
Kaweah Peaks Ridge
Kaweah Peaks Ridge is a spur of the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of California's Sierra Nevada.
The ridge is located in Sequoia National Park and is composed of mostly rugged and loose metamorphic rock.
Named mountains
There are severa ...
.
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List of peaks
* Black Kaweah
Black Kaweah is a mountain of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge of the California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park. The peak has a local magnetic disturbance that has caused compasses in the vicinity to vary by up to eight degrees.
Fulgurite
...
* Mount Brewer
Mount Brewer is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park,
The peak was named for William Henry Brewer who worked on the first California Geological Survey and was ...
* North Guard
North Guard is a remote mountain summit located near the northern end of the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, southeast of Mount ...
* South Guard
* Mount Farquhar
Mount Farquhar, or Mount Francis Farquhar, is a peak in Kings Canyon National Park. It is named in for Francis P. Farquhar, a conservationist who played a key role in creating the park.
Geography
Mount Farquhar is, in the southern portion of ...
* Mount Kaweah
Mount Kaweah () is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park and forms part of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide which extends south from Triple Divide Peak (Tulare County, California), Triple Divide Peak. It has a ...
* Red Kaweah
Red Kaweah is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park on the Kaweah Peaks Ridge. It is
north of Mount Kaweah and
south of Black Kaweah
Black Kaweah is a mountain of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge of the California's Sierra Nevada, in ...
* Kaweah Queen
Kaweah Queen is a mountain along Kaweah peaks ridge which forms part of the Great Western Divide in the Sierra Nevada. The peak is in California's Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park is an American national park in the southern Si ...
* Milestone Mountain
Milestone Mountain is a thirteener on the Great Western Divide, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada. The summit marks a point on the boundary between Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks. It is south of Midway Mountain
Midway Mountain is a r ...
* Midway Mountain
Midway Mountain is a remote mountain summit located on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is set on the common boundary that Kings Canyon National Park shares with Sequoia N ...
* Triple Divide Peak
* Lippincott Mountain
Lippincott Mountain is a mountain summit with an elevation of , located on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, north of Mount Eisen, and ...
* Lion Rock
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* Mount Eisen
Mount Eisen is a double summit mountain located on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, south of Lippincott Mountain. Mount Eisen ranks ...
References
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Kings Canyon National Park
Mountain ranges of Northern California
Mountain ranges of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Sequoia National Park
Mountain ranges of Tulare County, California