Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Pay phone at the Portal?

Is there still a pay phone at Whitney Portal? Will it accept phone cards? Also, is there a good place to post a note for someone there? Thanks.

Hi No pay phone but some cell phones work.We say use the trail head as many don know about the store Thanks Doug

Hi Doug... Good to see you there on 8/9. While eating your superb post-summit burger I made Verizon cell calls on the store patio.

PS- found my friends car keys. Bob Ennis looked for them in his shuttle bus. Thanks for looking at the store. Harvey

Thanks Doug, too bad there's no phone. I don't want to carry a cell phone for many days just to place one call at the end. Maybe I can bribe you or someone else to let me place a 1 minute call?? What's a phone call gonna cost me? A beer?

You can make a call from the summit. Verizon worked intermitftently

I know you can, but since I want to make a call from the Portal (and I'd rather not carry a cell phone for many days just to make a one minute call) that doesn't help any.