The gap also allows migration of plants and animals across the Sierra Crest.
The rugged Sierra crest would have made construction very difficult and today two congressionally designated wilderness areas block the way.
Split Mountain's twin summits lie on a north-south running section of the Sierra crest.
It was intended to be part of a larger system of winter trails and huts along the Sierra Crest that never were developed.
The whole Sierra crest was visible to the east, great swooping rivers of granite, scrubbed, polished, streaked and gleaming.
It is in the Sierra Nevada and east of the Sierra Crest.
There is a trail for hiking around the lake and a trail that connects the lake to the Sierra Crest.
Of the major peaks of the Palisades, it stands furthest from the Sierra Crest.
Visible for miles, the highway finally passes Mono Lake, squeezed between the lake and the Sierra crest.
He speculated that the lost cement was actually found across the Sierra Crest, near Devils Postpile.