Whitney conditions

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Whitney conditions

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After looking in various places for trip reports on the Mt Whitney Trail and failing...I thought I would turn here to see if anyone has been up in the last week or will be hitting the trail between now and July 20. The Inyo NF site doesn't give dates for their updates and some of the information on the site that does have a date is from the start of June. So any information would be awesome and please, please don't tell me to go to the Whitney Portal site because the more I try to use it the less user-friendly I think it is. And whatever information is there hasn't been super helpful thus far.
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Re: Whitney conditions

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Have you checked for trip reports/updates on summitpost? They have a large west coast following ... just a suggestion. Happy trails! :D
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Re: Whitney conditions

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summit post didn't have any recent reports that I could find other than about a month ago.
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http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewto ... 5c427a2019" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


This was under the California forum ... it might be helpful. :D
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Re: Whitney conditions

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Hiked up the mountaineers route (the final part was similar to the top section of n maroon) and went down the main trail on 7/3 TR
http://thehamm.net/2010/07/mt-whitney-m ... ers-route/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.socalpeaks.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Whitney conditions

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Climbed the MR on 7/4. Conditions up to the iceberg lake are HOT -- bring a hat and sunscreen or do it before dawn. The right gully is full of snow 2/3 of the way to the notch. The left gully is mostly free of snow. I recommend taking the right gully -- the snow is much nicer than the loose rock on the left. From the notch to the summit there is some steep snow that can be avoided with class 3 (maybe class 4) scrambling. Route is really quite nice right now.
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Re: Whitney conditions

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Whitney Portal Store forums has recent trip reports. They're mixed in with other threads so you sometimes have to do a little bit of searching but they're there.

http://www.whitneyportalstore.com/forum ... d=1&page=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Whitney conditions

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And here's a plug for the Whitney Zone forums....

(click either of the pics below to see the larger webcam views.)
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