[pct-l] Camping on Mount Whitney

[Stephen Clark]

It clearly had door(s) in the photos I have from last August.



On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Benjamin Grunbaum
<bengrunbaum at gmail.com>wrote:

> I looked at my pictures from last year and I do not see one.
>
>
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 10:45 AM, JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
>
> > Does the hut on top even have a door now?  I don't remember that it did
> > the last (and only) time I was up there.
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Mark Hyams
> > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 1:27 PM
> > To: Benjamin Grunbaum ; pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Camping on Mount Whitney
> >
> >
> > There are some rock-ringed and flat sites just before the JMT/Whitney
> > Portal/Summit junction.  They are well above 13,000 feet.  These might
> be a
> > bit more sheltered than the summit, and I think the Forest Service frowns
> > on people sleeping in the cabin, if it is even unlocked.  (If it is
> locked,
> > you could use at a wind-block.)  You're only a couple miles from the
> summit
> > at that point, so you should be able to just hike by headlamp to the
> summit
> > before dawn.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Benjamin Grunbaum <
> bengrunbaum at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> >  Hello everyone
> >> I am hiking the John Muir Trail again in 16 days.  I am starting at
> Happy
> >> Isles because I want to finish on top of the lower 48.
> >> I am curious if anyone on this list has camped at the top.  I have only
> >> seen a few posts about camping on the top. The two or three mentioned it
> >> being extremely cold and windy.
> >>
> >> I was thinking of camping inside the hut if it is not already taken. I
> am
> >> pretty sure it would handle wind better than my tent!  I am planning on
> >> bringing my 30 degree bag but I do not want to become a popsicle that
> >> somebody else has to remove.
> >>
> >> Joking aside, how could does it get up there?  Are the tent sites on top
> >> (I
> >> understand there are a couple) protected by rocks?  Can you camp in the
> >> hut?  Will I survive the night in a 30 degree bag?  I am prepared to be
> >> uncomfortable to have the chance to see the sunset and sunrise on the
> top
> >> of the lower 48.  I just do not want to be the one calling 911 so I am
> >> looking for constructive advice.
> >>
> >> Thanks
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