Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Lone Pine Peak from Meysan

Hi All,

I'm wondering if anyone can give me some help finding the best way up LPP from the Meysan Lakes Trail. I've looked at some directions and the topo and it's not entirely clear which chute to take. I'm hoping that it will be more obvious when I get there but any advance info would be appreciates.

Specifically, I am interested in any info that will help me identify the best chute either from the topo or visually. It would also be valuable to know at what altitude to leave the trail.

Thanks,

Greg

There is really no route-finding problem at all. The chute is the only sensible-looking one when you get there. It's very broad at the bottom (~11,000') and gets somewhat narrow at the top. Leave the trail and hike past Grass Lake to enter it.

The chute is very loose the whole way up. I always head for the right hand side and move onto the solid rock there as soon as I can. (Unfortunately, it's not very soon.) At the top of the chute, the summit is a mile to the NE.

But it can be tricky finding the right spot to descend on the way back. I'd recommend spending a few minutes at the top of the chute, memorizing some landmarks, before heading off to the summit.

Thanks Bob. I've also found some pictures of it, so I'm sure of which way to go now. I'll be up there next weekend.

-Greg