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Owens Valley: White Mountains
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The Owens Valley fall experience is unlike any in the United States. While the colors aren’t the most spectacular, where else will you find such a combination of super high mountain peaks, deep valleys, and colorful Aspens mixed in? It’s a study of color and granite accessible by anyone with a will.
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The Owens Valley incorporates the counties of Inyo and Mono. It is recognized as a land of magnificent natural diversity, including Mount Whitney — the highest peak in the lower 48 states, Death Valley — the lowest point in the U.S., and the Great Basin bristlecone pine forest. It is not surprising that the economy of this region is dominated by tourism, with local businesses providing essentials for backpacking, horseback riding, fishing, hang gliding and mountain biking.
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Back on Highway 14, heading north, the highway is soon absorbed by Highway 395, the main road through the Owens Valley, merging from the east. The hills too begin to converge here, indicating that the land is coming together to form the valley. At Pearsonville - the “Hubcap Capitol of the World” - and home of the “No Name Trailer Park” the highway crosses into Inyo County. This is an area that is larger than Vermont, and home to the lower 48’s highest and lowest points (Mt Whitney, over 14,000 feet tall is less than 70 miles from Badwater, which is 200 feet below sea level), and the “world’s oldest living thing” (the Methuselah Tree, a 7,000 year old bristlecone pine in the White Mountains). 92% of Inyo County is federal land. The Owens Valley is the only developed area in the county, and is a narrow strip, just a few miles wide, with nearly inaccessible mountains as high as 14,000 feet on either side.
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