I am planning to hike Whitney in mid July and was wondering what you guys thought the trail would be like as far as snow and ice. I know we have had a high snow year, and am curious as to when the trail will be safely hikeable with no special equipment such as crampons or micro spikes.
Our permit request is for July 14.
Hard to know so far away. My guess is that you will need at least microspikes on July 14th. I climbed Whitney on July 4th last year and there was still some snow on the trail toward the top. This year has like twice as much snow...
