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| kraymes | Mountaineers Route  Date Climbed: Sep 21, 1991 | |
| Before the hordes, permits, and the N. Fork trail was a blaze. Ahh memories. 2nd time on top first was a day hike in 1987. | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2010 3:01 pm | ||
| davidvdr | Harder Every Time Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2010 | |
| I've climbed whitney a few times but I finally bagged Muir on the last trip...Always something new to do on this mountain! | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2010 11:40 pm | ||
| apachedino | East Face Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2010 | |
| Great weather, though soft snow was a pain for the descent down the Mountaineers route. The Tower traverse really puts you in your place from the start. Insane exposure for the 1st pitch. Fresh air traverse was super fun, the crux for me was the 5.7 off width/chimney after the traverse. Very difficult with a pack full of ice axes and such. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2010 6:51 pm | ||
| Pharmacist | 22 miles is worth it Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2010 | |
| We did it as a day hike from Whitney Portal. Weather was perfect. Still tons of snow covering the switchbacks so we climbed the snow chute to the right. We glissaded on the way down. Started at 5am. Summit at 2:45pm. Back to the truck at 8pm. Beautiful area! don't know why I haven't come here sooner... | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2010 7:37 pm | ||
| JimWallace | West coast thrills Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2010 | |
| Great trip for us out west.We camped 12,000 ft and summitted early in the morning via mountaineer route.Quite abit of snow in areas.Surprised that no one out west seemed to use snowshoes.Great veiw from the summit.We hiked down a snowy route to the right of the trail which shaved off about a mile or so of descent.We also climbed Mt.Alta and some lesser peaks throughout our week in California.It was all remarkable!!!JimW | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2010 10:18 pm | ||
| guynameddave | First 14er & w/snow Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2010 | |
| Spent the night at Trail Camp then climbed via main chute. A perfect day. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2010 1:47 am | ||
| birdhead | Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2010 | |
| Day hike from Whitney Portal with great weather. Still tons of snow covering the switchbacks so we climbed the snow chute to the right. Made for fun glissading on the way down! | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2010 2:52 pm | ||
| pratyush | summitted Date Climbed: Mar 21, 2010 | |
| ...with Caltech Alpine Club on their annual winter mountaineering trip, on 20-21 Mar' 2010, via the class 3 Mountaineer's route | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2010 12:19 pm | ||
| pyerger | Whitney Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2009 | |
| Climbed with a group of eight. All but two made it. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2010 9:45 am | ||
| thetennisguy | MR 1st 14er Date Climbed: Apr 24, 2010 | |
| This was my first 14er and first time south of Bridgeport on the East Side. Sierra Mountaineering Group Meetup. We did the willows on the approach and descent (not the ledges). Camped just above UBSL, then climbed via MR and descended on the 24th. That was a long day. It was worth it. Love the East Side! | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2010 11:06 pm | ||
| Apexrock | Highest climb yet Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2010 | |
| First time over 14,000 feet. Went up the main trail, and up through the snow covered chute to trail crest, then onto the summit. Up and down in one day. | |
| Posted Jun 3, 2010 6:22 pm | ||
| therockimage | First 14'er Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2010 | |
| Made the climb with my son, up and back in one day! Switchbacks still covered in snow and ice so we climbed via the snowfield and up the main chute. We had the summit to ourselves!!! | |
| Posted Jun 3, 2010 4:57 pm | ||
| TRR | MR Date Climbed: May 1, 2010 | |
| Nice climb, but watch out for rockfall. I got a nice shiner out of it. | ||
| Posted May 6, 2010 12:30 am | ||
| murphie | MR Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2010 | |
| a nice winter solo. started the climb 4:45 april 10. boogied pretty much all the way to upper boy scout lake with snowshoes, threw on crampons, got the summit around 1, jammed back down, made it to my car by 5. didn't find a log book on the summit which i thought weird | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2010 6:38 pm | ||
| NJTripper | Success on 2nd attempt - Mountaineers Route! Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009 | |
| Was snowed off summit during visit last year. This time - weather was perfect! Clear skies and not too cold entire trip. Nearly talked myself into bailing just below the notch (legs were done..) but after taking a lunch-break - decided to push on to the summit... Soooooo glad I did! | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2010 11:36 pm | ||
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| Marmaduke | Re: Success on 2nd attempt - Mountaineers Route! | |
| Inpiration for all of us. My goal as well. Cheers many times over! | |
| Posted Mar 6, 2010 12:00 am | ||
| catalyst81 | HSM trail attempt Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2009 | |
| Completed a 5 day backpacking trip. Started at Horseshoe Meadows and went to Soldier Lake, Crabtree Meadows, above Guitar Lake, and then up Whitney and down after spending the night at Trail Camp. Soldier Lake was gorgeous. Trip of a lifetime! | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2010 11:39 pm | ||
| catalyst81 | Day Hike Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| First time hiking Whitney was a day hike. Acclimated at the portal for a day with a light hike up to Lone Pine Lake. Visit the lake on your way up - absolutely beautiful! Six in our group and we all made it! Beat the thunderstorms to the summit. A great experience, but 22 miles feels really long for a day hike on the way back. | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2010 11:24 pm | ||
| biz | 3x Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2009 | |
| Mountaineers route twice, regular route once. | |
| Posted Feb 4, 2010 3:23 pm | ||
| DustyDeb9 | First 14er | |
| Climbed late summer of 1998. Could only get a one day permit, so hiked for about 18 hours straight. | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2010 2:08 am | ||
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