Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Clean water on Mountaineer's Route?

'Conventional wisdom' dictates that all water in the Whitney Zone (and far beyond that) should be filtered or treated in some manner. However, the last time I did the MR, I took the advice of some of the folks on this message board and didn't bother filtering or treating my water, with the understanding that the water is OK *IF* it's collected in the right locations. It turned out fine; no treatment was necessary.

I'm double-checking about this now, however, since I haven't been to this message board in about 4 years. Do many of you still feel that untreated/unfiltered water is OK on the MR, or has that opinion changed due to new/updated conditions?

I'd rather be safe than sorry, but I really don't want to waste my time filtering when it's really not necessary. Thank you.

I learned from Doug Sr. and Richard P. that there are two good water sources on MR. One is 5-10 minutes before Lower Boy Scout lake. The creek is on your right hand side. Another one is upper section of Clyde meadow. I got water from Clyde meadow on 24th and the water was just fine. All creeks had a plenty of water last week.

I bought a water filtration kit about 5 years ago but never had a chance to use it once.

Very small amount of water is at below Iceberg Lake.

If you need ice, you can find small patches in last 400 FT.