Mount Whitney Climber's Log

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Malesore

Malesore - Oct 25, 2024 6:16 pm Date Climbed: Oct 23, 2024

Successful shoulder season summit  Sucess!

Successfully summited 10/23, no clouds, low wind, truly an amazing day in the high sierra

jhjordan - Sep 12, 2024 1:48 pm Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2000

My Highest Point  Sucess!

22 mile day trip. Left in the dark, returned in the dark.

mbstrother - Aug 26, 2024 5:59 am Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2024

Summit Wine  Sucess!

While on the summit, I noticed the bottom of a glass bottle sticking out of the dirt. Upon digging it out, I saw it was sealed and full with what turned out to be delicious red wine, which I shared with my two companions. Can anyone shed some light for me on who placed this wine at the summit and why?

Madram98 - Aug 7, 2024 4:35 pm Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2023

Mount Whitney  Sucess!

Hiked from PCT side from Crabtree Meadows

jclements

jclements - Jul 26, 2024 2:49 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2023

A sweet summit grab via Mountaineer's  Sucess!

Weather was dicey, but got up at 3am and pushed up the Mountaineer's Route; a cloudy and misty and grey morning, but summited around 8, got down struck camp and headed down; then the lightning and hail settled in. Best summit grab of my life.

TMP96

TMP96 - Jun 28, 2024 2:09 am Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2024

Climbed But Not Forgotten  Sucess!

Overnight @ Iceberg Lake. 0400 Start. 0700 Top out of NE Couloir. Traversed to next couloir west of final 400'. Scrambled mixed finger to summit with rope and protection. Summit ~1100-1130. Began Descent at 1200. Helped 2 climbers rappel with original party of 2(additional made 4). Descended to Iceberg Lake. Made Iceberg Lake by 1430. Descended to Lower Boyscout lake, arrived 1800. Descended to parking lot, arrived around 2030. Perfect weather. 2/3 way up NE couloir, 3 ft wide by 4 ft long hole that offers water resupply.

Romain

Romain - May 19, 2024 8:52 pm Date Climbed: May 14, 2024

Mountaineer's Route  Sucess!

MR, after failure on East Face due to conditions, with my son Simon. Trip report

wildfiredjade

wildfiredjade - Feb 11, 2024 4:30 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2022

Pure magic at sunrise  Sucess!

Start on the trail around 2am to reach at the peak for sunrise. Truly a magical experience. The 6,000 feet descent feels like forever. Thank god for burgers at the bottom.

TrekkinTrav

TrekkinTrav - Jan 15, 2024 7:46 pm Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2023

To the Top  Sucess!

Storms the two days before added some spice to the tail, we were happy to have packed micro spikes. Added some confidence on the icy windblown traverse from saddle to summit.

BKiser90

BKiser90 - Oct 15, 2023 3:38 pm Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2023

Day Assault ofWhitney and Muir  Sucess!

Windy day assault of Whitney and Muir. Great conditions besides the 40 mph winds. Marginal amount of snow on the 99 switchbacks. Clear day with beautiful views of the Sierras and eastern California. Can't wait to get back!

Woodie Hopper

Woodie Hopper - Oct 5, 2023 8:04 pm Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2023

Single day from the Whitney Portal  Sucess!

Had the best weather- true bluebird day without wind. There was some consolidated snow along the upper switchbacks, backside and summit slope. Brought spikes but was ok without using them. Surprisingly fast climb after slogging through lots of snow on White Mountain two days earlier.

laxatives - Sep 26, 2023 9:56 am Date Climbed: Jan 17, 2021

Summer conditions in January  Sucess!

Planned this for a winter ascent, but might as well have been summer. Some snow in Mountaineer's Route, but otherwise was very warm/dry.

cdickinson - Sep 19, 2023 1:06 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2023

Mt. Whitney 3rd time  Sucess!

Third time climbing, this time from Crabtree Meadows and with hiking friend Sarah. Beautiful day temps in high 40s. 11 hours round trip from Crabtree. It can be hiked in your 70s.

ascentiality

ascentiality - Aug 8, 2023 8:43 am Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2023

Winter in Summer?  Sucess!

Awesome summertime winter summit of Mount Whitney.

Rockawilliam

Rockawilliam - Jul 30, 2023 11:12 am Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2023

JMT  Sucess!

After doing the Mountaineer's Route a few years back, it was cool to climb from above Guitar Lake (11,900) and back down the standard trail. Massive glissade from Trail Crest down to Lone Pine Creek and Trail Camp.

reedochalek

reedochalek - Apr 11, 2023 4:53 pm Date Climbed: Feb 11, 2023

Winter Mountaineers Route, Cold, Snowy, and no other parties on the mountain  Sucess!

Super fun, but also miserable. Done in two days. We camped above boy scout. Beware of the cold and the wind in the winter. My friend almost lost his toes.

Domtron

Domtron - Oct 12, 2022 6:22 pm Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2017

Fell Off the Mountain

Okay, I didn't fall off the mountain but my friend did. He slid down the ice chute which iced over the switchbacks. He's alive but thought he would die and broke his hand. So, we didn't summit.

reedochalek

reedochalek - Sep 16, 2022 5:44 pm Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2022

Finished the JMT  Sucess!

211 miles all done now,

T. White

T. White - Aug 8, 2022 11:43 am Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2022

Whitney Trail

Started at 5AM from Portal but should have left at midnight... AMS slowed my ascent and by the time I was a mile from the summit, dangerous clouds swooped in. What a bummer!

Reuben Shams Parker

Reuben Shams Parker - Jul 10, 2022 9:16 pm Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2022

Solo - Mountaineer's Route  Sucess!

Started at the portal at 4am. Meant to camp at Iceberg Lake, but got there at noon, so summited on day one. I LOVED the Final 400; totally in my element. Lot of loose rock in the gully and what little snow there was made my ice axe and crampons useless. Too warm and thin.
Took the trail back. Camped at trail camp and did the final 8 miles at dawn.
Overall, the hardest solo yet, but the future will bring more! Everything went exactly as planned after a year of obsessive planning. All of it was needed and worth it.

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