thanks for the reply. I am not a fast hiker nor am I in excellent shape but hopefully have some training in. I've done Chicken Spring Lake last year and it wasn't bad but wasn't easy as 20 years ago. I will have 4 days for this trip in early June so I have decided to take a chance on walk-in permit and continue to check online reservation. Looking at the Unused Permit stat, it looks favorable.
I am still planning to hike to Upper Crabtree Lake and day hike to Sky blue lake.

day 1 portal to trail camp
day 2 trail camp to whitney and to Upper Crabtree Lake via Discovery pinnacle
day 3 rest ( day hike to sky blue lake )
day 4 UCL to portal via Discovery pinnacle

sorry for the confusion

Last edited by gvblack; 04/25/14 03:29 PM.