Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Snow at trail crest?

I'll be dayhiking the main trail this Sunday, the 1st. Does anyone have any information on the snow conditions?

I ran into considerable snow last year at trail crest; I'm interested in knowing if conditions will be similar.

Regards

There wasn't considerable snow at Trail Crest in the middle of May this year.

I would not sweat snow on the mountain until mother nature dumps again, hopefully in October.

Thanks man

I went up the Mountaineers Route and down the Main Trail on Sunday 6-24-07 and there wasn't any snow at Trail Crest. In fact, the only place on the Main Trail that I encountered snow was a small patch below the summit platuea and it may be gone by now as well.

Brad:
It's been a few weeks since I was up there, but from recent trip reports I don't think it's changed much except to melt out further. I took a ton of pics along the switchers, cables, and along the backside traverse that are in my flickr.com album for the Whitney Main Trail 6/9-10/07 .
Have fun!
-Laura

Brad,

I was on the mountain last weekend, 6/22-23. No snow at Trail Crest. A (very) thin layer of ice in the early a.m. on the parts of the switchbacks that have melt runoff. A tiny bit of snow in the cable section of the switchbacks, but you're walking on rock. It's dry from Trail Crest to summit. Excellent trail conditions.

I was just up there Wed. 6-27. The mountain is yours, except for a little snow around the cables you can count on dry feet for 22 miles. Enjoy.....

snow was no problem recently