[pct-l] Mt. Whitney Permits

[Jackie McDonnell]

If you will summit Whitney from the PCT side, and then you go back down the
PCT side -- meaning that you do not go out via Whitney Portal -- then you
do not need a Whitney permit.  The Whitney Permit is only needed if you go
up from the East side.

Yogi
www.pcthandbook.com

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Eric Freyer <dothewhack at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since I will be hiking the PCT this coming season and would love to summit
> Mt Whitney I know I will need a permit.  The only issue I have had is that
> you need an exact date to enter the trail, and that at the moment I cannot
> say.  So my question is:  Can you apply for a permit when you get much
> closer to Mt. Whitney, say a week or two in advanced? or will the permits
> most likely have run out at that time? What are you experiences with this
> issue? Thanks!
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