Yury,

I normally try and hike in the area some time during the 2 weeks before and after Labor Day. Though the days are a bit shorter than in mid-summer, but the weather is more stable, the mosquitoes are basically gone, and it's not nearly as hot (I just hiked the area in late July this year -- an departure from normal for me -- and because of the heat and mosquitoes, will probably not repeat that again, but will return to late Aug/early Sept in the future). Also after Labor Day, it is generally less crowded, not that being crowded is a big problem on Whitney, given the quotas.

So echoing the previous post, I would highly recommend the two weeks before and after Labor Day -- my favorite time in the area.

CaT

If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracle of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it.
- Lyndon Johnson, on signing the Wilderness Act into law (1964)