Kaweah Peaks Ridge is a spur of the Great Western Divide , a sub-range of California 's Sierra Nevada . The ridge is located in Sequoia National Park and is composed of mostly rugged and loose metamorphic rock .
3-688: There are several officially named peaks along the ridge: The peaks, 20 miles (32 km) by trail from any road, are south of the Kings-Kaweah Divide , east of the Great Western Divide and, despite their name, are in the Kern watershed, not the Kaweah watershed. There are many high alpine lakes surrounding the peaks in Nine Lake Basin to the west and Kaweah Basin to the east. Visitors are rare due to
6-596: The Kaweah Rivers and the Kings River . [1] The Divide runs from (west to east) from Big Baldy west of Mount Silliman east to Triple Divide Peak , which is part of the Great Western Divide . The Divide forms the northern border between Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks . [2] [3] Going west to east, Mount Silliman is a prominent summit, as are Elizabeth Peak and Alta Peak , and
9-522: The isolated location, but the Kaweah Peaks offer tranquil camping, fishing and high alpine mountaineering. For the most part, the rock is loose and metamorphic. This Tulare County, California -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kings-Kaweah Divide The Kings-Kaweah Divide is a divide in Sequoia National Park . It splits the watersheds of
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