I have seen photos of this arch many times. Snownymph is sitting on top of it on webshots. Been around the Alabama Hills many times, but have failed to locate a trail to it. I must be completely blind
Does anyone have a trail map or some directions on how to get there. Is it a 2 mile or longer hike?
Thank you for any help
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I had a hard time finding it too. Try the Whitney visitor / ranger station, they use to have a map, other wise here’s directions:
Heading up the Mt Whitney road, turn right on the Movie Land road until it ends in a “T”, turn right and go up the dirt road a bit until you come to a large pullout on your left. Park there and you’ll be looking sort of north. You’ll see a large rock formation with a pointy thing on it, “ The Thumb”. Look for the trail from the parking area and follow it towards the “Thumb”, less than a quarter of a mile. Here’s a picture of the arch with the thumb in the center.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3886869
Heading up the Mt Whitney road, turn right on the Movie Land road until it ends in a “T”, turn right and go up the dirt road a bit until you come to a large pullout on your left. Park there and you’ll be looking sort of north. You’ll see a large rock formation with a pointy thing on it, “ The Thumb”. Look for the trail from the parking area and follow it towards the “Thumb”, less than a quarter of a mile. Here’s a picture of the arch with the thumb in the center.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3886869
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Thank you Doug!
I stopped at that pullout before, but did not see the arch, must have been looking in the wrong direction. Will try again soon.
I stopped at that pullout before, but did not see the arch, must have been looking in the wrong direction. Will try again soon.
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