Hello,

I will be attempting Mt Whitney via the Main Trail in April as well. I've been monitoring the weather for a while and the weather window next week looks great. My current plan is to drive down to Lone Pine by late Sunday night, 17th April, pick up the permit on Monday morning and hike to Outpost / Trail Camp by Monday evening. Then if the conditions are good, hike via the chute to the summit and back to Outpost / Trail by Tuesday evening. Depending on the time, weather and personal condition, I'll stay a night camping at Outpost / Trail on Tuesday night and head down to Whitney Portal on Wednesday morning or go down straight on Tuesday.

This will be my first try at Whitney and as I was looking at doing it alone, I was planning to play it very cautiously. But if I'm able to join anyone on a similar trail path and dates, that would be great.



Hobbes, I will be getting similar gear as what you mentioned. A little bit of my background and experience:
http://www.whitneyzone.com/wz/ubbthreads.php/topics/45184/Mt_Whitney_Main_Trail_in_April#Post45184
I think I'm in a decent physical shape having done a 13500 feet mountain in the tropics just last week. I've used crampons and done self-arrest training on a glacier but not on a mountain climb. My main concern is finding the trail especially since I've never attempted Whitney before. Please feel to free to message me if you're okay with doing the climb together.