Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Mt Whitney hiking and climbing videos

There are a number of good videos people have created of the Mt. Whitney area.

If you have one, or if you find one worth recommending, please add a link in this thread.

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One of the best videos is created by Hike Along Pete. He hiked the trail in October 2003, and created a complete 6-hour DVD of the entire hike.

Below is his 5-minute summary video from YouTube.  Click this link to watch it on YouTube and see other hikers' Whitney trail videos.

Pete's web site is: http://www.TrailVista.com



Here is a table Pete and VersatileFred created in another location:
Note: This trail-video-documenting was done a few years ago at the end of October (just before the first arrival of snow), and under most favorable weather conditions without any wind and no snow or ice on the trail, except for some ice at the cables. The video makes it look easy, but high altitude and inclement weather could make it a tough and very long 22 mile (round-trip) hike.

CLICK ON VIDEO LINKS TO FOLLOW THE MT. WHITNEY MAIN TRAIL IN .1 MILE INTERVALS

Miles	Video Links	Duration	Area Covered
0.0 - 1.0	Whitney Portal	4:48	Trailhead, Carillon Creek, North Fork Lone Pine Creek, John Muir Wilderness Sign.
1.1 - 2.0	The 2nd Mile	4:17	The Second Mile of Trail
2.1 - 3.0	Lone Pine Creek	5:38	Log crossing Lone Pine Creek, Lone Pine Lake Junction, Whitney Zone.
3.1 - 4.0	Bighorn Park	5:16	Bighorn Park, Outpost Camp.
4.1 - 5.0	Mirror Lake	4:38	Mirror Lake
5.1 - 6.0	Consultation Lake	5:36	Consultation Lake
6.1 - 7.2	Trail Camp	5:25	Trail Camp, The Switchbacks, The Cables.
7.3 - 8.5	Trail Crest	5:03	The Rest of the Switchbacks, Trail Crest, el. 13,600 ft.
8.5 - 9.5	The Windows	5:10	From Trail Crest to mile 9.5 on the west-side, The first Windows.
9.6 - 11	Mt. Whitney Summit	5:05	The final Windows, Summit House, Mt. Whitney's Summit.

Edit: Pete has added a post to the forum here:
Entire Mt. Whitney Trail on Video in RealTime

Edit 6/11: Via ALP pages:  Mt Whitney on ViaALP

A member here, "The Mongoose" and his friend came from Detroit, and climbed the Mountaineers Route with the help of an SMI guide.

He created a 30-minute video of their experience, and discussed it here.

Click this link to watch the video: Midlife Madness

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BeachAV8R has created a 3-part video of his winter climb with members of WPSMB.
Part 1 and 1:50 of Part 2 is a climb of Thor Peak the day before.
Part 2 covers the MR from LBSL. 5:00 is at Iceberg Lk, 5:15-7:00 top of the notch.
Part 3 is at the summit, then taking the main trail down almost to Trail Camp.
Here are the wmv videos -- may require a very fast connection, or right click and 'Save as':
Part 1 (178MB)       Part 2 (217MB)       Part 3 (60MB)
The same videos are on YouTube, faster loading and playing, but Parts 1 and 2 are without sound.
Part 1                       Part 2                     Part 3

Andy L, romanandrey on wpsmb, used a helmet cam to record part of his Fresh Air Traverse climb of Mt. Whitney's east face, with Kurt Wedberg of SMI guiding.

You can view the video on YouTube, or watch below.



Andy discusses the video on wpsmb here.  He says "the camera is a VholdR ContourHD, shooting 720p HD video."

Not to be missed:  Although this is not hiking or climbing, it is fun to watch!

A glider sailing over Mt. Whitney where you see the summit hut, then down the North Fork over Iceberg, Upper Boy Scout and Lower Boy Scout Lakes.

That is all fantastic stuff. I loved watching Hike Along Pete's videos when I was researching my 1st summit attempt.I watched it over and over familarizing myself with the trail. It was amazing how it made me feel like I had been there before and was just returning to familar trail.

Found another video: Barefoot Ted on YouTube

"Barefoot Ted and Barefoot Larry made it to the summit of Mt. Whitney barefoot. It was BFT's third barefoot summit, and Larry's first...barefoot"

Here's my slide show showing much of the East Buttress route this past June:

Mt. Whitney's East Buttress from Laura Molnar on Vimeo.

You are one bad ass Laura. Loved it the first several times I watched it.Love it even more now.

Here is a great video from Friends Of The Inyo. Although not directed toward Mt. Whitney, it displays so much of the diverse, beautiful scenery and wildlife found on the Sierra east side. So much, along with pleasant music!

You can also view it directly on Vimeo.

got some HD videos of my kids on the JMT posted here, with Mt. Whitney stuff only in the 2009 clips. Silverlight and Flash - need to go full screen to see in 720p

Here's a "Whitney Newsreel" posted by Rosabella.

Fun to watch!

Adding to this thread:

The following three "Mountaineers Route videos" threads give a good idea of what hiking the Mountaineers Route entails.

    North Fork to Upper Boy Scout Lake

    Upper Boy Scout to the Notch

    Final 400 chute videos
 

Edit: Here's a thread with a video of a mountain bike ride down Whitney Portal Road from Whitney Portal.

Here's a very important video from the British Mountaineering Council with instructions for self-arresting a slide on ice using an ice axe.

How to ice-axe self arrest: "Winter Essentials: Self Arrest"




And another:

And Bob R's video Glissading from Trail Crest:



Note: Everyone BEWARE! People have died attempting to glissade on Mt. Whitney! Here are some guidelines:

1. Never glissade wearing crampons. (see BobR's x-ray)

2. Never glissade without an ice axe for a brake.

3. On Mt. Whitney, the top of the slope can be soft, but iced-up below, since the afternoon sun shadow starts at the bottom and moves up. So late afternoon can be treacherous.

4. Learn and practice self-arrest techniques and glissading before trying to glissade from Trail Crest on Mt. Whitney.