Hello All!
I am planning a climb to the summit of Whitney from Portal beginning Sunday Aug 14th and ending Monday Aug 15th. I have a party of 5.
We have been hearing all this discussion that there is still snow and crazy conditions on the trail.
Have a few questions and anyone can feel free to answer any and all.
1) Do the conditions currently require (or even recommend) the use of crampons? and if so, where would be the best place to rent those in Lone Pine? Ice axe?
2) Have the logs been fixed along the river crossing sections?
3) What is the adjusted time of ascent for Whitney with these conditions?
If anyone has any other recommendations or updates on the trail or recent trail reports, those would be much appreciated!
