Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Kearsarge Pass Trail - 04.07.2026

I rode through Death Valley to Onion Valley and did a hike up the "trail" to about a thousand feet below the pass...
Wildrose is closed down at the highway again, so I didn't bother checking the condition...(it was open to one of the middle gates last year)

Here are a few photos:


Where I stopped for lunch and turned around...this is below the last set of switchbacks up to where you finally see the pass.



Heading back down to Gilbert Lake.



Gilbert Lake and University Peak.



The Rock Garden below Gilbert...actually easier with snow...



At Little Pothole.



Looking down to the trailhead.

Excellent

I wonder what the storm will do this weekend. Los Angeles expecting rain withe the snow level around 7,000 feet.

paul