How long did it take you to get to Iceberg Lake? If you were there in ~5 hours you could most likely get to the top in another 3 to 4 hours, and then 5 hours down the main trail, and "shazam", you're done. Total time less than 15 hours. Of course this is a long day
6 days in Mammoth is also lovely. I just spent 4 days there, and will go back in July, Aug., and Sept.
John, it was a very long tiring day just to get to Iceberg. We started at 7am finished back at Portal at 9pm. My wife and I surely could have been faster, but a niece hiked with us. She arrived at our camp at the Portal at 2:30am after working all day, slept a few hours, hiked, and then drove 5 hours back to Reno to work the next day. She is not what I would call an experienced hiker.
My group of 10 will be in a vacation home in Mammoth Lakes for 5 nights starting Tues, Aug 11. If you're in the area maybe you can stop by in the evening.
