Hi Wayne, thanks for the thoughts. Sounds like a great option if we can secure an overnight permit and if we can get one day of or get a cancellation the week prior or something.
One question, what did you mean by the extra miles? Isn't Lone Pine Lake around 3 miles up the trail from the Portal? So wouldn't it make the dayhike 19 miles round trip (assuming we tear down camp at the end and head back to the Portal Saturday after summitting) instead of 22? I assume you it's longer compared to camping at Outpost or Trail?
