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White Mountains (California)
The
White Mountains
of
California
and
Nevada
are a triangular
fault-block
mountain range facing the
Sierra Nevada
across the upper
Owens Valley
. They extend for approximately as a greatly elevated plateau about wide on the south, narrowing to a point at the north, with elevations generally increasing south to north. The range's broad southern end is near the community of
Big Pine
, where
Westgard Pass
and
Deep Springs Valley
separate it from the
Inyo Mountains
. The narrow northern end is at Montgomery Pass, where
U.S. Route 6
crosses. The
Fish Lake Valley
lies east of the range; the southeast part of the mountains are separated from the
Silver Peak Range
by
block faulting
across the
Furnace Creek Fault Zone
, forming a feeder valley to Fish Lake Valley. The range lies within the eastern section of the
Inyo National Forest
.
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