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You won’t see the view until you turn around (if you’re coming from Lone Pine’s town centre via Whitney Portal Road like we did). But what a view it is.

There’s a parking area to the right at the top of the hill and you should see photographers dotted around the hills in this area - even at sunrise which during our winter visit meant it was -7C!

The great part about this spot is that there are multiple views. The most popular is from the road looking directly back onto the hills like the shot below. Just remember if you’re posing on the road that cars coming from behind will not be able to see you at first as the hill is so steep - make sure the photographer is playing lookout! It wasn’t a busy road during our visit but we still had at least six cars pass by as we were shooting.

However, this isn’t the only view. You can go a little right of the road and get a view like this.