Last year was a bad drought year. We are hoping like everything that this year doesn't repeat. If no storms come, then you could go anytime in October. But I am hoping for storms.
The White Mountain road gate (near Schulman Grove) is closed sometime in the fall, so you should call the ranger station in Bishop to find out for sure.
Also remember, you have a lot (~3 hours) less daylight. Here's an extract from
this post:
MT WHITNEY
Rise and Set for the Sun for 2014
Location: W118 18, N36 35
Zone: 7h West of Greenwich
(Pacific Daylight Savings Time)
June Sept. Oct.
Day Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set
h m h m h m h m h m h m
01 0536 2006 0625 1921 0649 1837
02 0536 2007 0625 1920 0649 1835
03 0536 2007 0626 1918 0650 1834
04 0535 2008 0627 1917 0651 1832
05 0535 2009 0628 1915 0652 1831
06 0535 2009 0628 1914 0653 1829
07 0535 2010 0629 1912 0654 1828
08 0535 2010 0630 1911 0654 1826
09 0534 2011 0631 1909 0655 1825
10 0534 2011 0632 1908 0656 1824
11 0534 2012 0632 1906 0657 1822
12 0534 2012 0633 1905 0658 1821
13 0534 2012 0634 1903 0659 1819
14 0534 2013 0635 1902 0700 1818
15 0534 2013 0636 1900 0701 1817
16 0534 2014 0636 1859 0702 1815
17 0534 2014 0637 1857 0702 1814
18 0535 2014 0638 1856 0703 1813
19 0535 2014 0639 1854 0704 1811
20 0535 2015 0640 1853 0705 1810
21 0535 2015 0640 1851 0706 1809
22 0535 2015 0641 1850 0707 1808
23 0536 2015 0642 1848 0708 1807
24 0536 2015 0643 1847 0709 1805
25 0536 2015 0644 1845 0710 1804
26 0537 2016 0644 1844 0711 1803
27 0537 2016 0645 1842 0712 1802
28 0537 2016 0646 1841 0713 1801
29 0538 2016 0647 1839 0714 1800
30 0538 2016 0648 1838 0715 1758
31 0716 1757
