I have a friend heading up Whitney along the main trail from the Portal next week (Aug 20). Trying to give him advice with regards to water availability.
With the weak snowfall this year, is there still water any water on the lower switchbacks ??
Thanks.
The spring was flowing nicely on August 5th when I came down from the summit.
Not gushing, but enough to fill bottles as needed. Think I got a 1 liter bottle filled in less than a minute.
I'd recommend filling up from the streams below Trail Camp and using the spring to top off anything needed coming up or down. Streams are much faster to fill from.
