Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Mt Whitney versus White Mountain

If you have hiked Mt. Whitney and White Mountain would you be able to please compare and contrast the two hikes.

I am planning a trip to the Whitney/White Mountain area in the summer of 2017 with my 7 kids.

I am new to hiking. The experience I have hiking is that I visited Mt. Whitney 3 times in June, July, and November of 2016. My kids have never hiked. Because of our collective lack of experience I think Whitney is too advanced for our group. I'm looking for something safer and a bit easier than Whitney.

From what I read, White Mountain has no water and can be very windy? What about snow? Does White Mountain melt off its snow faster than Mt. Whitney? Animals? (Bears? marmots? other?). I know this is an odd question but Whitney required the wag bag. What would protocol be on White Mountain? Any other advice? Thank you!