Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Why use switchback and not just go up directly with Chute

Sam, overnight Mountaineers Route permits are more scarce than Whitney overnight permits. There's a quota of 10 per day, 4 of them available for walk-ins at 11 am the day before.

For more info on the MR:
Mountaineers Route info and links (This link can always be found in the first post in the Reference forum).