plume - Aug 17, 2006 11:28 pm Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006
Sunshine Peewee
Beautiful climb. Despite Whitney having the cache of being the tallest, this really is a Sierra classic. Will repeat if neccessary, which it no doubt will be in coming years.
jonnyboots - Aug 17, 2006 4:54 am Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006
Main Trail
Nice climb. Beautiful weather.
osatrik - Aug 14, 2006 8:00 pm Date Climbed: Jul 5, 1989
SHP #34 in 1989
Two day trip with daughter Vanessa on our highpoints quest in 1989. This was the 34th of my 49 state high points, and Vanessa's 33rd.
kk6yb - Aug 11, 2006 7:51 pm Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2006
Cottonwood Pass
Enjoyable early morning climb from Guitar Lake in the shade. Beautiful blue skies on top, no clouds or wind. Gary's 2nd summit on Whitney, Gabriela's first. Dan Heuschele also summited with us.
climbingchic - Aug 9, 2006 4:32 am Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006
second attempt
What an awesome mountain! second attempt and had to quit a mile from the summit. I was dragging really bad and plus the weather was going bad. Next year I'll just do the MR. The main trail is not too bad, but I'd rather get to the peak with a little scrambling and climbing involved.
I made it up and down Muir and Whitney in twelve hours. Not a world record, but I was proud of my pace. Great trail even with all of the people. It hailed on me up top, it was a bit scary. August 2004
CNC Dave - Aug 8, 2006 4:07 am Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
Main Trail
Did the traditional two day trip with one night at trail camp. Got to the summit at 10:30 next day. Perfect weather. Oldmanmike was with me and did Muir, Keeler, and Day needles along the way. Lots of nice people on this trail with outrageous views.
bnschwerin - Aug 8, 2006 3:24 am Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2006
Whitney Trail- 1 day
First time on a fourteener, we felt the altitude a little bit right at the top, but lunch on the summit seemed to fix that. Up and down in 12 1/2 hours (3:00am - 3:30pm) , nice not to be carrying full packs up to camp, people we passed who were, looked hot and miserable. One small snow patch presented no problem. Next time a climbing route!
Renardo - Aug 6, 2006 9:43 pm Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2005
One long dayhike!
Decided to do this one as a dayhike. Was the first one to sign the summit log at 8 AM after leaving at 1 AM (7 hours). Stayed up top for an hour and was back down in another 7 hours. Ice on the trail early in the morning made for slow going. Was extremely hot on the way down, close to 90 F at high camp!
mtn_pika - Aug 2, 2006 10:26 pm Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006
Beautiful weather on Whitney Trail
Drove 610 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah to climb Whitney with friends. We camped the first night at Whitney portal -- having never been in bear country, I spent most of the night awake wondering if every noise was a bear. The next morning, we hiked the Whitney trail to Trail Camp and stayed here prior to our summit climb the next morning. The weather forecast called for thunderstorms -- several hikers on their way down commented on the blustery weather at trail camp on the previous night, having endured lightning, hail, snow and high winds. Although dark clouds threatened us for a large portion of the day, they cleared up by nightfall, leaving behind the most astounding star-filled sky I have ever seen. The morning sunrise over the lake at trail camp was equally amazing. We summited on 7/30/06 at about 10:15 a.m. -- again, dark clouds threatening but failing to organize. An amazing experience.
seth@LOKI - Jul 27, 2006 8:53 pm Date Climbed: May 31, 1998
Tele'd the Mountaineeers Route in 1998
We climbed the Mountianeers route. I dtich teh skis at the top to climbe the upper couloir. Great views all to our selves on the flat summit. Went down the boulder rib then had a great ski down after getting past the huge sun cups in the upper section. This was teh exact day that my Uncle Max sold all his posessions and was supposed to be caught in the "Rapture" and lifted to heaven. He is still here...but we were a bit closer thean he was on the prescribed day.
Bill Kish - Jul 26, 2006 6:39 am Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2005
Whitney Trail, East Buttress, and MR
First time via trail with Fraser (2005). Second time via trail with my dad (2006). Third time via East Buttress with Paul (2007). Fourth time via MR with Xavier and Marina (2009). Fifth time via MR in March 2010 with Cindy. 6th time via trail with my sister (~2012). 7th time via trail with my wife Cindy and daughter (2020). 8th time via trail with Cindy and daughter (7/18/22).
clarkr - Jul 26, 2006 4:37 am Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2001
Whitney Portal Trail Camp
Stayed overnight at Whitney Portal. Next day hiked to Trail Camp.
Setup camp, and next day went for the summit. Weather was clear.
Took me about 7 hours. Noticed that some didn't carry any water!
Left my car at the Portal at 2:30am, and reached the summit by 7:30am. There was a lot of thunderstorm activity this week, and, when I reached my car at 2:00pm, it was already starting to thunder. Great day hike -- best to do it at night when it is nice and cool.
Financeguy - Jul 16, 2006 12:49 am Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2006
Main Trail
Went back again this year with Mike after last year's crazy attempt to go up and over the LeConte/Mallory Pass at Mesyan lake was unsuccessful because I think he was still upset I went back in Sept to hike the mountain.
Left the trailhead at Whitney Portal 2:10 am, reached the summit at 10:55 am and returned to Whitney Portal for burgers and beer at 4:05 pm. Weather was picture perfect, unlike the previous 4 days which had afternoon thunderstorms and hail.
Again, a very long day, but well worth it.
The mountain is defintely different in July than it was in September.
Third summit via mountaineer's route turned out to be much more of a challange then the first two due to winter conditions still extant in July. With the climb above the notch iced up leaving only class 4 rocks exposed, we were in over our heads, but made it through. Great learning experience!
Began the day hiking from Crabtree Meadows, past Timberline Lake and Guitar Lake once we hit the switchbacks leading up to Trail Crest the bad weather hit. It started with some drizzle and then deteriorated into full on pea sized hail. The higher up the switchbacks we climbed the worse the weather got. Soon there was thunder and lightening less than a mile away and it was snowing. Once we got to Trail Crest we made the sad but necessary decision not to go to the peak. Our decision was mostly influenced by the fact that our hair was standing on end from the amount of static electricity in the air and none of us wanted to get hit by lightening. The bad weather, the thunder and the lightening continued until we were about half way down the 99 switchbacks and it all cleared up and got almost warm. We continued all the way down to Outpost Camp and spent a mosquito filled evening there and then the next day hiked out. It was a disappointing end to a great trip. I guess I'll have to go back again and try to climb Mt. Whitney when there's some good weather.
swampclimber - Jul 4, 2006 6:39 pm Date Climbed: May 1, 2006
Mountaineer's Route
30 days early or 30 days late. It was hot, postholing, freezing at night. Too windy and no gear for the East Face in winter so we opted for the MR. Challenging route. The descent from the summit to the Notch is pretty exciting.
madmallard - Jun 24, 2006 4:03 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2006
seventh peak in four days
I waited a year to be able to sign this. in june of '05, whitney won the battle, but this year, I did. total travel time was fourteen hours and five minutes. crampons and ice axe were mandatory. this summit was my forth ultra-prominence and seventh peak in four days. what a way to spend a vacation!
tb00957 - Jun 21, 2006 11:55 pm Date Climbed: Oct 23, 1999
plume - Aug 17, 2006 11:28 pm Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006
Sunshine PeeweeBeautiful climb. Despite Whitney having the cache of being the tallest, this really is a Sierra classic. Will repeat if neccessary, which it no doubt will be in coming years.
jonnyboots - Aug 17, 2006 4:54 am Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006
Main TrailNice climb. Beautiful weather.
osatrik - Aug 14, 2006 8:00 pm Date Climbed: Jul 5, 1989
SHP #34 in 1989Two day trip with daughter Vanessa on our highpoints quest in 1989. This was the 34th of my 49 state high points, and Vanessa's 33rd.
kk6yb - Aug 11, 2006 7:51 pm Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2006
Cottonwood PassEnjoyable early morning climb from Guitar Lake in the shade. Beautiful blue skies on top, no clouds or wind. Gary's 2nd summit on Whitney, Gabriela's first. Dan Heuschele also summited with us.
climbingchic - Aug 9, 2006 4:32 am Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006
second attemptWhat an awesome mountain! second attempt and had to quit a mile from the summit. I was dragging really bad and plus the weather was going bad. Next year I'll just do the MR. The main trail is not too bad, but I'd rather get to the peak with a little scrambling and climbing involved.
kngalaric - Aug 9, 2006 1:48 am
Everyone and their imaginary dog climbs WhitneyI made it up and down Muir and Whitney in twelve hours. Not a world record, but I was proud of my pace. Great trail even with all of the people. It hailed on me up top, it was a bit scary. August 2004
CNC Dave - Aug 8, 2006 4:07 am Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
Main TrailDid the traditional two day trip with one night at trail camp. Got to the summit at 10:30 next day. Perfect weather. Oldmanmike was with me and did Muir, Keeler, and Day needles along the way. Lots of nice people on this trail with outrageous views.
bnschwerin - Aug 8, 2006 3:24 am Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2006
Whitney Trail- 1 dayFirst time on a fourteener, we felt the altitude a little bit right at the top, but lunch on the summit seemed to fix that. Up and down in 12 1/2 hours (3:00am - 3:30pm) , nice not to be carrying full packs up to camp, people we passed who were, looked hot and miserable. One small snow patch presented no problem. Next time a climbing route!
Renardo - Aug 6, 2006 9:43 pm Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2005
One long dayhike!Decided to do this one as a dayhike. Was the first one to sign the summit log at 8 AM after leaving at 1 AM (7 hours). Stayed up top for an hour and was back down in another 7 hours. Ice on the trail early in the morning made for slow going. Was extremely hot on the way down, close to 90 F at high camp!
mtn_pika - Aug 2, 2006 10:26 pm Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006
Beautiful weather on Whitney TrailDrove 610 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah to climb Whitney with friends. We camped the first night at Whitney portal -- having never been in bear country, I spent most of the night awake wondering if every noise was a bear. The next morning, we hiked the Whitney trail to Trail Camp and stayed here prior to our summit climb the next morning. The weather forecast called for thunderstorms -- several hikers on their way down commented on the blustery weather at trail camp on the previous night, having endured lightning, hail, snow and high winds. Although dark clouds threatened us for a large portion of the day, they cleared up by nightfall, leaving behind the most astounding star-filled sky I have ever seen. The morning sunrise over the lake at trail camp was equally amazing. We summited on 7/30/06 at about 10:15 a.m. -- again, dark clouds threatening but failing to organize. An amazing experience.
seth@LOKI - Jul 27, 2006 8:53 pm Date Climbed: May 31, 1998
Tele'd the Mountaineeers Route in 1998We climbed the Mountianeers route. I dtich teh skis at the top to climbe the upper couloir. Great views all to our selves on the flat summit. Went down the boulder rib then had a great ski down after getting past the huge sun cups in the upper section. This was teh exact day that my Uncle Max sold all his posessions and was supposed to be caught in the "Rapture" and lifted to heaven. He is still here...but we were a bit closer thean he was on the prescribed day.
Bill Kish - Jul 26, 2006 6:39 am Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2005
Whitney Trail, East Buttress, and MRFirst time via trail with Fraser (2005). Second time via trail with my dad (2006). Third time via East Buttress with Paul (2007). Fourth time via MR with Xavier and Marina (2009). Fifth time via MR in March 2010 with Cindy. 6th time via trail with my sister (~2012). 7th time via trail with my wife Cindy and daughter (2020). 8th time via trail with Cindy and daughter (7/18/22).
clarkr - Jul 26, 2006 4:37 am Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2001
Whitney Portal Trail CampStayed overnight at Whitney Portal. Next day hiked to Trail Camp.
Setup camp, and next day went for the summit. Weather was clear.
Took me about 7 hours. Noticed that some didn't carry any water!
Smithman123 - Jul 24, 2006 7:57 pm Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006
Main TrailLeft my car at the Portal at 2:30am, and reached the summit by 7:30am. There was a lot of thunderstorm activity this week, and, when I reached my car at 2:00pm, it was already starting to thunder. Great day hike -- best to do it at night when it is nice and cool.
Financeguy - Jul 16, 2006 12:49 am Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2006
Main TrailWent back again this year with Mike after last year's crazy attempt to go up and over the LeConte/Mallory Pass at Mesyan lake was unsuccessful because I think he was still upset I went back in Sept to hike the mountain.
Left the trailhead at Whitney Portal 2:10 am, reached the summit at 10:55 am and returned to Whitney Portal for burgers and beer at 4:05 pm. Weather was picture perfect, unlike the previous 4 days which had afternoon thunderstorms and hail.
Again, a very long day, but well worth it.
The mountain is defintely different in July than it was in September.
skotty - Jul 10, 2006 9:33 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006
3rd time supriseThird summit via mountaineer's route turned out to be much more of a challange then the first two due to winter conditions still extant in July. With the climb above the notch iced up leaving only class 4 rocks exposed, we were in over our heads, but made it through. Great learning experience!
Smith93 - Jul 6, 2006 4:59 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2006
Bad to worse weatherBegan the day hiking from Crabtree Meadows, past Timberline Lake and Guitar Lake once we hit the switchbacks leading up to Trail Crest the bad weather hit. It started with some drizzle and then deteriorated into full on pea sized hail. The higher up the switchbacks we climbed the worse the weather got. Soon there was thunder and lightening less than a mile away and it was snowing. Once we got to Trail Crest we made the sad but necessary decision not to go to the peak. Our decision was mostly influenced by the fact that our hair was standing on end from the amount of static electricity in the air and none of us wanted to get hit by lightening. The bad weather, the thunder and the lightening continued until we were about half way down the 99 switchbacks and it all cleared up and got almost warm. We continued all the way down to Outpost Camp and spent a mosquito filled evening there and then the next day hiked out. It was a disappointing end to a great trip. I guess I'll have to go back again and try to climb Mt. Whitney when there's some good weather.
swampclimber - Jul 4, 2006 6:39 pm Date Climbed: May 1, 2006
Mountaineer's Route30 days early or 30 days late. It was hot, postholing, freezing at night. Too windy and no gear for the East Face in winter so we opted for the MR. Challenging route. The descent from the summit to the Notch is pretty exciting.
madmallard - Jun 24, 2006 4:03 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2006
seventh peak in four daysI waited a year to be able to sign this. in june of '05, whitney won the battle, but this year, I did. total travel time was fourteen hours and five minutes. crampons and ice axe were mandatory. this summit was my forth ultra-prominence and seventh peak in four days. what a way to spend a vacation!
tb00957 - Jun 21, 2006 11:55 pm Date Climbed: Oct 23, 1999
trailmy first sierra peak. Felt the altitude.