![]() ![]() On Kaiser Ridge there are stands of lodgepole pine, and at timberline whitebark pine and Sierra juniper grow in mats of krummholtz. The forest consists of white fir, Jeffrey pine, red fir, western white pine, and mountain hemlock. ![]() China Peak Ski Resort lies south of the Wilderness as well Immediately south is Huntington Lake, a rustic summer time resort area. Although a small wilderness, it is part of the almost contiguous federal wilderness areas along the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range with the John Muir Wilderness on the east, and Ansel Adams Wilderness to the northeast. It is a miniature version of the Sierra, with elevations from 7,200 feet (2,200 m) to 10,320 feet (3,150 m) at Kaiser Peak, and is composed of glacier-scoured granite blocks, cirques, lakes, granitic cliffs and alpine peaks. The Kaiser Wilderness stretches along an east–west ridge and is separated from the High Sierra by the South Fork San Joaquin River canyon. ![]() The wilderness is 22,700 acres (92 km 2) in size, is one of five wilderness areas within the Sierra National Forest and is managed by the US Forest Service. It was added to the National Wilderness Preservation System by the United States Congress on October 19, 1976. The Kaiser Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness protected area located 70 miles (110 km) northeast of Fresno in the state of California, USA. ![]()
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