Place: CA-Panther Gap

Panther Gap-8,484' (Lodgepole)   ( 36.5849433, -118.7039863)
Panther Peak-9,048' (Lodgepole)   (36.5832769, -118.7156531)
Panther Creek-3,714' (Lodgepole)   (36.5391106, -118.7192636)
Panther Meadow-9,205' (Lodgepole)   (36.5885544, -118.7062086



Description:
The creek was named because of a panther (mountain lion) killed there by Hale Tharp in early days. (G. W. Stewart.) Northwestern Mountain Lion (Felis oregonensis), also known as cougar, panther, puma. (Grinnell and Storer: Animal Life in the Yosemite, 1924, pp. 95-98.)  From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar

From GNIS:

• Panther Creek: In Sequoia National Park, heads on the south slope of Panther Peak, flows south to Middle Fork Kaweah River just north of mile marker 64
• Panther Peak: In Sequoia National Park, at the head of Panther Peak, 0.96 km (0.6 mi) west of Panther Gap

Trips:

• June 18, 2014 - Meetup hike from Wolverton to Panther Gap across Panther Peak then down to Long Meadow and back
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References:

•  Backpacker Magazine on Panther Gap Loop
• Moon Guide Book on California Hiking by Tom Steinstra and Ann Marie Brown
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