[pct-l] Whitney Portal Detour

[Christopher Swope]

If you're planning on hiking Mt. Whitney and then meeting your people at
Whitney Portal from Crabtree Meadows you should be aware that your permit
probably doesn't cover a return trip over Whitney. You would have to go
back through Cottonwood pass or Trail Pass and re-hike some of the trail, I
think.

Or that's what I thought when I did it...

Swope

On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Bob Bankhead <wandering_bob at comcast.net>wrote:

> Matt:
>
> It isn't the distance (a mere 18.5 miles one way); it's the altitude and
> elevation gain/loss. The east slope of Mt Whitney is very steep. You really
> don't want to hump a fully loaded pack up that 5,320 foot climb if you can
> avoid it.
> PCT/JMT junction west of Crabtree Meadows = 10,760  feet.
> Mt Whitney trail jct =13,450
> Trail Crest = 13,650
> Whitney Portal = 8330
>
> Do yourself a huge favor - have them meet you at either Horseshoe Meadows
> campground (exit PCT at Trail Pass) or at Onion Valley campground (exit PCT
> at Bullfrog Lake and go over Kearsarge Pass). Ideally, have them meet you
> at
> both. If they like to hike and want a drop dead view of the Sierra and a
> nice overnight camping experience amid same, have them park at Onion Valley
> and hike in to one of the Kearsarge Lakes just west of Kearsarge Pass. Meet
> them there to pick up your resupply, and let them carry out your trash.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of Matt Impey
> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 4:24 PM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] Whitney Portal Detour
>
> I plan to meet up with (and resupply from) some friends at the Whitney
> Portal, but I'm having trouble actually finding out the milage that I will
> have to travel from the PCT to the Whitney Portal. If milage is unknown a
> time estimate would do.
> -Matt
>
>
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