Steve, I got your message and I am listing my trip here. By the way, my son saw a news report of a 7 year old getting to the top of Whitney and he told me he wanted to do this, that is why we are heading up
My son (a 7 year old) and I and hopefully my wife (if we can find a sitter for our 20 month old) will be trying for the summit on June 9th.
We will be up there a few days early trying to acclimate to the elevation. But our itinerary is as follows
7th-Sleep in the lot at Whitney Portal 8th-pick up permit and then head up to Lone Pine Lake that night 9th-Head for the summit. Camp at Trail Camp. 10th-back to the parking lot
I was hoping for something later in the season to avoid the snow, my son has very little experience in it. But I guess that was the luck of the draw. So by the 9th if there is still too much snow, we may have to call it a day and try again next time we can get permits.
I will be reading reports though and if it seems like there is too much snow I might just opt out and pick a secondary location...Big Pine Lakes, or something of the sort. Safety first especially with my little dude.
