Muir Pass

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Muir Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, traversed by the John Muir Trail and Pacific Crest Trail and known for its remote, alpine terrain and stone shelter.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Muir Pass canonical 5
Kearsarge Pass 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ
accessedBy foot ⓘ
crosses Sierra Nevada crest ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada
elevation approximately 11955 feet ⓘ
approximately 3644 meters ⓘ
hasClimate alpine climate ⓘ
hasHazard remote location ⓘ
snowfields lingering into summer ⓘ
hasNearbyLake Helen Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wanda Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasShelter Muir Hut ⓘ
hasStructure Muir Hut ⓘ
hasTerrain alpine ⓘ
remote ⓘ
rocky ⓘ
hasViewOf Evolution Basin ⓘ
Le Conte Canyon ⓘ
inCounty Fresno County ⓘ
Inyo County ⓘ
knownFor remote alpine setting ⓘ
stone shelter ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Kings Canyon National Park ⓘ
mountainRange Sierra Nevada ⓘ
namedAfter John Muir ⓘ
nearestMajorTown Bishop, California ⓘ
onLongDistanceTrail John Muir Trail ⓘ
Pacific Crest Trail ⓘ
partOf John Muir Wilderness region ⓘ
popularWith backpackers ⓘ
long-distance hikers ⓘ
region High Sierra ⓘ
season typically snow-covered much of the year ⓘ
shelterBuiltBy Sierra Club ⓘ
shelterLocation summit of Muir Pass ⓘ
shelterMaterial stone ⓘ
shelterName John Muir Memorial Shelter ⓘ
shelterUse emergency shelter for hikers ⓘ
trailDifficulty strenuous ⓘ
traversedBy John Muir Trail ⓘ
Pacific Crest Trail ⓘ
usedFor backpacking ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
thru-hiking ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Glen Pass → near → Kearsarge Pass ⓘ
linked to: Muir Pass
Evolution Lake → locatedNear → Muir Pass ⓘ
Wanda Lake → near → Muir Pass ⓘ
Muir Hut → locatedIn → Muir Pass ⓘ