Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Current Conditions: Army and New Army Pass

I went up Army Pass and down New Army Pass yesterday. Snow conditions were good to excellent. The trail up to Army Pass was much better than the trail to New Army Pass in my opinion. Lots of snow fields, but the snow is very well consolidated and post-holing was minimum. The stream crossing to the trail to New Army Pass is a wet one! Especially late in the day when we came down.

I was glad we took crampons. It made it safer and easier to go up the snow to Army Pass. We didn't use them for the descent of New Army Pass.

Pictures are at: Dayhike over Army Pass and down New Army Pass