BobPickering and Richard P. are hiking the Mountaineers Route as I write this. I am hoping there will be a trip report and possibly pictures of the area when they return.

(You can view Bob's SPOT track here. He provides the link in his profile.)

To view the SPOT track, you'll need to zoom in carefully, dragging the map to center the Mt Whitney area, since his track currently shows also where he was last hiking up near Tahoe. Then click the Terrain button, and you get a pretty good view.

Edit 3/31: Bob posted a trip report, and Richard P posted pictures. Here's the link: 3-30-12 Mountaineers' Route Day Hike

It is a Mountaineers Route report, but there is one picture of the main trail / switchbacks from the summit:







Last edited by Steve C; 03/31/12 11:01 PM.