Sherwin Summit

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Sherwin summit is a mountain pass on Highway 395. It's located south of Tom's Place and Crowley Lake in the eastern part of the Sierra Nevada range. The summit of around 7,000 ft. is the road's highest elevation south of the 8,000+ ft. Deadman Summit. South of the summit, the road starts on its long 3,000 foot descent into the Owens Valley. The Owens River generally follows the road from this summit through the Owens Valley. Motorists who come from the south usually cross this summit in order to go to the high-altitude towns like Mammoth Lakes to the northwest to escape the smothering summer heat in the deserts.

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