California · Mountaineering

East Arete - Mt. Carl Heller

Is East Arete - Mt. Carl Heller open right now?

No closures listed

The National Park Service lists no closures for Sequoia National Park.

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Whitney & Surrounding Peaks — the crag this route is on
Whitney & Surrounding Peaks, California — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: GSEC, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

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