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ComradeBear, JohnJDS, m323393, Marmot John, Roady
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Original Post (Thread Starter)
by calsurfer
calsurfer
Is the road open to the portal yet? If so, how is the trail to LP lake? Is the lake free of ice?

Thx,

1Calsurfer
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by JohnJDS
JohnJDS
Main trail sitchbacks still covered, all tracks still going up the chute. All snow past Mirror lake and all water frozen. Trail Crest to Crooks has a handful of big drifts but nothing treacherous. Spoke with a group that went North Fork for Whitney / Russel and they said the snow was good.

Also, creek crossings all seem really low.
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by JohnJDS
JohnJDS
Day hike yesterday. Still snow above Mirror lake. The tarn at Trail Camp has water access at the east end. Still no tracks through 99 switchbacks, heard some people tried both directions. Snow in the bowl and chute is soft but I only postholed a few times going up and down mid day. Some drifts left along the back side beyond Trail Crest, a couple tall ones but not treacherous. Mellow snowfield left on the back slope, and the iceberg in the summit hut is about half volume.

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by Doug Sr
Doug Sr
Hey great capture of the trail conditions , Thanks for posting
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by Richard P.
Richard P.
The NRT can be treacherous during any melt/freeze cycle...
If the canyon is melted out, it can be a fun alternative to walking the road...
I don't know what condition it is in right now.
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by Richard P.
Richard P.
Walking around the snowfields on the way down through the trees was no problem...and since much of the Mulkey Pass Trail is gone...I don't think you'll have any problems...the off-trail was a bit of work on the way up Trail Pass...
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by m323393
m323393
Thanks very much, fantastic way of showing the trail conditions, anyone going to Whitney this weekend will benefit from your post. Very nice work. And great job of hiking, you were moving!
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by Marmot John
Marmot John
Originally Posted by paul
An additional note regarding Horseshoe Meadows......the water system is not active.

Temperature this morning at 8:40am was 46 degrees, which was 10 degrees warmer than Tuesday.

In regards about descending to Mulkey Meadows and doing the loop back to rail Pass. The packers frequently descend the trail, so following he trail is much easier once they start the season.

Today’s hike was uneventful....ran into 5 PCT hikers. All skipping resupply at Horseshoe Meadows but exiting Onion Valley.

Paul

Came down Mulkey over the weekend, very easy trail to follow and clearly marked all the way down. Would require some real effort to lose the trail. Crossed two tiny streams of water. Was surprised to see so very few cars in the parking lot given that it was a holiday weekend.
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by JohnJDS
JohnJDS
Originally Posted by ComradeBear
Curious, is this all GoPro footage? Or did you use another camera at times?
Sorry, just saw this. This was only the phone camera. I stopped carrying a gopro at some point when phones got good. I'm still always amazed.
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