Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Main Trail Trip Report 6/01/08

Overall the trail is in great shape up until Trail Camp. The snow is melting quick at TC and I would expect the 99 switchbacks to be clear soon. I saw 3 rangers hiking the switchbacks as I headed down- possibly to help make the snow melt faster? or was I hallucinating? Anyways it was a successful trip, I have some photos and a little commentary posted on this blog:

http://multiusetc.blogspot.com/2008/06/mt-whitney-up-and-down-in-one-day-6108.html

Dave

Thanks for the report.

Thanks for the great report...I have crampons reserved at REI for 2 day assent June 22-23... I'll have to monitor snow melt..

i have seen several references in other posts to LBSL and UBSL... what do these mean, and where are they?

LBSL = Lower Boy Scout Lake
UBSL = Upper Boy Scout Lake

These are the first two lakes one comes to when climbing the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek on the way to the routes on the East face of Mt Whitney, including the MR (Mountaineer's route)

great! thanks. my group should summit on June 12th. for most of us it's are first time up and some have done as many as 14 times... he's are leader we all live in Big Bear and are really looking forward to it...

FYI, You can see a Map of area in a recent post.

Glad this post was helpful to you guys. The snow was melting fast up there so I wouldn't be surprised if the switchbacks were partially hikeable by this upcoming weekend and completely doable by the weekend after that. I have seen where they were completely covered one week and completely hikeable the next.

Best of luck.

Dave