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Mt. Whitney – Highlights of the Trail
By HikingOn | April 23, 2009
“Hike” sections of the Mt. Whitney Main Trail from Whitney Portal Trailhead to the 14496 foot summit of Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the
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Topics: Hiking | 25 Comments »
April 7th, 2007 at 5:11 am
My permit reservation came through for Mount Whitney on August 12th! Thanks for this video. I’m glad to see all the fantastic scenery I have in store!
April 7th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
It was filmed in October 2003 just before the first snow arrived.
April 7th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
I believe the 13 mile road you’ve heard of is the one from Lone Pine up to Whitney Portal Trailhead (el. 8365ft) And that is the nearest you can get with a car. From there on it’s hiking only; some 10.7 miles up to the 14.496 foot summit.
April 7th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
Up from Lone Pine does sound familiar,so you’re probably right.Hadn’t seen any maps or tried going yet,so I wasn’t sure.I guess I was hoping it’d be more like Mt.Wilson.
May 13th, 2007 at 7:32 am
nice video, loved it
May 21st, 2007 at 2:27 am
cool…i wanna go.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:24 am
Thanks, I really enjoyed that.
June 3rd, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Thank you for the inspiring video. I am going to do this next summer.
June 20th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
So, this is what I missed trying to take it the hard way with a stubborn Navy Captain and a Marine Colonel, who both lacked the foresight to realize that you do it the easy way first.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Typical officers.
July 1st, 2007 at 1:37 am
I’ve been up there a few times, another time is coming up July 16th 07, can’t wait to go back, it’s a different world in a matter of a few hrs.
September 5th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
NICE! I can’t wait to go back…
November 4th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Great .. Just as I remembered it, except we had deep snow on the switchbacks in July.1987
November 5th, 2007 at 6:10 am
A road to the top !!! You’re thinking of Pikes Peak no?
November 6th, 2007 at 4:45 am
No,it was something I’d read about Whitney,in the early 80′s.I believe hikealongpete set me straight.I’d read about a road leading up from Lone Pine,that would get you within short hiking distance of the summit.Compared to hiking all the way from Lone Pine,driving half way,first,would make the 10.7 mile remainder of the trip just a short hike.
November 6th, 2007 at 6:48 am
Yes Taranau, hikealongpete was spot on, his video is excellent too, exactly as I remembered our trip except we had deep snow above Trail Camp.
Most people make this a two day exercise, staying overnight at Trail Camp on the way up, then early start next morning, making the summit before noon then all the way down to their vehicle at Whitney Portal.
Don’t underestimate this trail — none technical, but it is a long hard day. Not much shade either!
Go for it and good luck.
January 15th, 2008 at 10:27 am
thanks for putting this up … brings back good memories … I’ve done it twice so far … i know it takes time to stitch the video together etc so thanks.. R
January 18th, 2008 at 4:41 am
WOW!!!
January 18th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I did it from the east face in ’77 when I was a Marine at Pendleton. You see all that walk up west stuff on the trail out. The east face is the only way to climb Whitney. I loved it because the retreat was so easy after such a long approach. Up in 2 days, down in 3 hours.
February 8th, 2008 at 1:56 am
Thanks for posting this video. Nice to know what the trail is like. I am going to hike Whitney this summer along with Shasta and Rainier. The perfect summer Trifecta! Keep posting great videos like this one.
February 22nd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Nice video. I once hiked near Bishop Pass and wish to do something similar again. This hike seems more challening though. I’d like to try it! Thanks for posting this video HikeAlongPete!!!
February 28th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Thanks for uploading this. I will be doing this hike (climb) this coming September and this is a great preview–kind of like a “hike simulator.”
March 1st, 2008 at 7:45 pm
sweet video, I wish there was a spot in it showing the outpost camp, after hiking it twice outpost is still my favorite spot just because it is so lush. thanks for the vid
June 17th, 2008 at 8:27 am
inspirational indeed. I’ll be going over bishop pass in a few weeks. Cheers bro.
August 10th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
i just climed mount whitney started cotton wood pass…16 days…made it to the summit….love it….