Skydive Mt. Whitney
Lone Pine Airport / Owens Valley · near Lone Pine · Eastern Sierra
Skydiving
At a glance
- Best season
- Spring and fall are ideal; appointment-only year-round — call ahead (summer valley heat, winter winds)
What is here
- Scenery
- mountain
- Amenities
- Mt. Whitney & Sierra escarpment views · Alabama Hills directly below · USPA-listed dropzone · Fun jumps for licensed skydivers by arrangement
- Best for
- The Eastern Sierra scenery jump
- Features
- Lone Pine Airport on US-395 · Freefall view of the Whitney escarpment · Alabama Hills film country below · Appointment-only — pairs with a 395 road trip
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- APPOINTMENT ONLY — no walk-ins; call ahead (schedule varies) · Owens Valley winds can ground flights — flexibility essential · Summer valley heat; winter conditions variable · Small operation — capacity is limited
- Beginner friendly
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Operators
- Skydive Mt. Whitney
Skydiving detail
- Offerings
- tandem · licensed
- Aircraft
- piston
- Altitude
- 10k
- Stature
- 2
- Jump notes
- Appointment-only jumps from Lone Pine Airport in the Owens Valley — freefall beneath the highest peak in the lower 48, with the Alabama Hills directly below and the full eastern escarpment of the Sierra filling the view
- Stats note
- Appointment-only small Cessna operation (sister dropzone to Skydive Yosemite); confirm altitude and availability by phone
- Experienced hub
- No
- Intl tip
- Appointment-only tandems at Lone Pine on US-395 — freefall facing the Mt. Whitney escarpment with the Alabama Hills below. Call ahead (no walk-ins), aim for spring/fall calm, and fold it into an Eastern Sierra road trip alongside the hiking, hot springs, and Death Valley nearby.
The guide
Skydive Mt. Whitney offers what might be the most dramatic single view in California skydiving: exit over the Owens Valley at L…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Skydive Mt. Whitney — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 36.588, -118.052