Taboose Pass


Taboose Pass,, also known as Wide Gap, is a mountain pass in the southern Sierra Nevada, California on the border of the Inyo National Forest to the east and Kings Canyon National Park to the west. The pass is reachable from the east via a long, strenuous hike from the desert floor of the Owens Valley. On the west, it connects to the Pacific Crest Trail/John Muir Trail in the National Park.
Taboose Pass is one of the more difficult east side passes in the Sierra-Nevada Mountains range, partly due to the low starting elevation of the Owens Valley TrailHead in a desert floor, at 5500 feet. From the TH it is an 8-mile hike, gaining 6,000 feet over that span to reach the pass at 11,400 feet. Some famous peaks near the Taboose Pass : Cardinal Mtn, Crater Mtn, Goodale, Mt Ickes, Marion Peak, Pinchot, Mt. Ruskin, Striped Mtn, Striped South, Vennacher Needle, White Mountain, and Wynne.