Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Prep Hike Mt. Baldy?

This is funny, I just have to say something on this thread - I did the same thing. I hiked Baldy one month before Whitney as a practice, with a pack. I took the Ski Hut trail and, get this, stopped about 1/2 mile from the top. What a stinking steep trail that was. I think I had a bit of altitude sickness! Well, this really worried me with Whitney coming up.

I'm happy to say, however, that Whitney was no problem. I got to the summit August 5 with no sickness problems at all.

I just don't get it...

Good luck with your hike!

As I previously posted:
Try this one. You'll need a winderness permit to do the latter half. The hike begins at Bear Flats ascends to Baldy traverses the Devils backbone and continues on the 3T's (Telegraph and Thunder, and Timber Mountains) and descends via the ice house canyon route to Manker Flats. It may be best if you don't have 2 cars to walk down to the trailhead in Baldy village from Manker Flats so then when you end you day off the trail there is no road walk.
When it is all said and done I believe it is around 9,000' elev gain and 23 miles. If you can do that Whitney will be a piece of cake!