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On the last of 27 consecutive trail days last summer, reader Cheryl Norlin of Bishop, California, paused on the flank of a high peak to snap this shot. From here, she had 11 miles to go before the end of her thru-hike. Can you guess the name of the trail she was about to finish and the peak from which this photo was taken?

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Chances of getting a permit to hike this peak via the standard route in the annual lottery. (Missed it? You can still reserve leftover permits.) The most sought-after trip: first weekend in August. Best time for weather and low crowds: midweek in mid-September.

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Difference, in feet, between the elevation stamped on the summit plaque and the current (higher) official elevation. No, the mountain isn't growing–the National Geodetic Survey has just developed increasingly accurate ways to measure elevations since the plaque was installed in 1930.

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Number of national parks that this trail traverses–in addition to two wilderness areas and one national monument

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Time–in days, hours, minutes–it took the current record-holder to fastpack the entire trail, unsupported, in late summer 2009

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Percent of hikers who summit the peak via the main trail, a 10.7-mile walk-up that requires ascending more than 95 switchbacks. The remaining visitors summit via several technical routes, including a classic class 3 scramble first climbed in 1873.