I will be dayhiking the main trail on August 29th. We're experienced hikers, but are pretty slow. I tried the Mountaineer's Route last year and didn't summit (ran out of time.)
Can I ask you two questions? What time did you leave the Portal for the dayhike? I was thinking of leaving at about 3am (which probably means 3:30 or 3:45am in real life) but I don't know if that's reasonable.
Also, what's the water situation this year? I was only thinking of carrying 2L at a time but we had such a dry year this year! Will we be fine?
(Thanks in advance if you reply! I didn't find recent water updates on the Current Conditions thread.)
