Whitney Portal, at the end of Whitney Portal Road, just west of Lone Pine, is the beautiful parking and staging area for those wanting to explore the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains and to attempt to reach the tallest point in the Lower 48; Mount Whitney. The drive up is absolutely stunning as you climb higher and higher into the Sierras. You drive past deep valleys with creeks and waterfalls as the snow capped mountains tower over you.

Whitney Portal is 13 miles west of Lone Pine and at the Portal is the trailhead to Mount Whitney, plenty of camping spots, numerous bear boxes, restrooms, a store, a restaurant with some after hiking drinks, and plenty of beautiful scenery such as the granite faces of mountains, towering pines, and waterfalls.