[pct-l] Summit Mt Whitney

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon,

Go the PCTA website and follow the menu to the permits section.  With the
overall PCT hiking permit there’s a place to select a Mt. Whitney climb
permit as well.

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/


On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Jonathon Howry <jon.howry at gmail.com> wrote:

> Me and two friends are going to thru hike the PCT next year and one
> definite stop on the way is a day to summit Mt Whitney. Are there permits I
> can reserve ahead of time for the 3 of us, are permits required at all? Is
> there any info about this that's helpful to a complete unknown like me?
> Special gear needed or can I just "walk up the mountain" with my pack and
> trail runner shoes? Is it do-able in one day? I understand it's around 8
> miles off the PCT, that's "easy" enough to cover once, then summit, will
> there be time to get back to the PCT or should I plan to camp in Inyo
> national forest?
>
> Thanks!
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