Explore the frontcountry peaks of California's first National Park, home of the Giant Sequoias, the largest trees in the world. All peaks are accessible off of the Generals Highway (except Paradise Peak) and all have official trails to the summits (except Mount Silliman).
Highest peak
Alta Peak
11,204 ft / 3,414 m
Most prominent peak
Paradise Peak
885 ft / 269 m prom
Most summited peak
Moro Rock
106 summits
Most difficult peak
Moro Rock
Class 1
Difficulty breakdown
Class 1/2 2 peaks
Highlights
Latest summits
"I started out at 7 am when I was gonna drive to Fresno, I decided to give Big Baldy a try because I was recommended this hike by the rangers. Great weird trees. Many benchmarks are on the summit. Sorry if all the photos are upside down." — lcnguyen • Aug 10, 2021
"Hiked with Jordan, took a quick run up this before we left Sequoia. Very busy trail, had to stop and wait a few times for other folks to pass as it is so narrow. Tremendous payoff at the top in terms of views. There was a prescribed burn in the area so it was a bit hazy.
Was upset to see multiple tourists ducking through the hand rails to take photos and crawl around closer to the end of the point at the top. Doin’ it for the ‘gram, I suppose. Glad to see no one got hurt..." — kellieirene • Oct 19, 2019
"From Twin lakes I headed up to Silliman pass and then followed the long north ridge over to Mt. Silliman. The ridge has a gnarly class 3/4 notch. I climbed it no problem, but on my way back I avoided it by dropping down to the small lakes on the east side of the ridge. Once at Mt. Silliman I had to traverse around it to it's east side where I found a chute that would take me to the south slopes. Unfortunately it was still filled with snow/ice, but I was able to get up it. From there it was an easy walk up to the summit. The views from the top were HUGE!! You can see so much of the Sierra Nevada range from up there. " — DerekJayRichardson • Sep 30, 2019
"From Moose lake I traversed the east ridge passed all the false summits to Alta peak. I got up there early and had it all to myself with perfect clear views in all directions! Then I descended the regular Alta peak trail back down to Woolverton wrapping up my 7 day loop." — DerekJayRichardson • Sep 27, 2019
"We climbed Silliman as a Sierra Club WTC experience trip over Labor Day weekend led by Gideon Strich and Jen Blackie. The (Class 2) friction slabs were exactly as advertised, but the weather was perfect, the air was clear, and the views, glacial lakes, and altitude were breathtaking!" — ctrain2018 • Sep 2, 2018