INYO: Land of Extremes

Inyo County Offers 14,000-Foot Peaks, Death Valley, Glaciers, Fishing, Hiking And Exploring Galore BIG PINE — Inyo County is a place of extremes. * You can hike the highest point in the contiguous 48 states — Mt. Whitney at 14,505 feet. * You can walk the lowest point in North America — the salt flats of Death Valley’s Badwater at 282 feet below sea level. * You can take in the world’s oldest single living thing — the Medusa bristlecone pine at 4,853 years. * You can work your way across the largest glacier in the Sierra — the Palisades at [...]