Kaweah Gap

Kaweah Gap

Infobox Mountain Pass
Name = Kaweah Gap
Photo = KaweahGap.jpg
Caption =
Elevation = Convert|10689|ft|m|0gnis|254844|abbr=on]
Location = Tulare County, California, USA
Range = Great Western Divide, Sierra Nevada
Coordinates = coord|36|33|23|N|118|33|04|W|display=title,inline|type:pass
Topographic
USGS Triple Divide Peak
Traversed by = High Sierra Trail

The Kaweah Gap is the lowest east-west pass through the Great Western Divide, in Sequoia National Park, California, USA. As such, the High Sierra Trail was routed through it. [cite book|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/dilsaver-tweed/chap5c.htm|title=Challenge of the Big Trees|chapter=Selling Sequoia: The Early Park Service Years (1916-1931)|last=Dilsaver|first=L.M.|coauthors=W.C. Tweed|publisher=Sequoia National History Association|date=1990]

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