[pct-l] Mt. Whitney Expedition

[calliger at infolane.com (Richard)]

The point was a t-h permit, to the best of my knowledge when
I entered the lottery 2 years ago, "automatically"
is entitled to a Whitney Stamp sans lottery...a b-p permit does not.

R

At 03:01 AM 7/10/03 -0400, dude wrote:
>i'd have to agree, you will likely NOT get a permit to hike up from 

>the portal.  ...and they do check permits there.

>

>you don't need a thru-hiker permit, just a back-country permit.  you 

>can enter via Kearsarge pass/Onion Valley Trail Head outside of 

>Independence.  the entire hike would be about 46 miles this way.

>

>good luck.

>

>peace,

>dude

>

>

>

>> Get a thru permit (are they still free?) which entitles you to a

>> Whitney sticker, yes?

>> 

>> 

>> R

>> 

>> At 02:29 PM 7/9/03 -0700, Kurt Johnson wrote:

>>> Good luck on getting a permit!  As far as I know, they lottery

>>> off 100% of

>> available permits in February for the entire season.  I don't

>> think they hold back any permits for walk-in's.  I applied for a

>> multiday permit for August and did not get one.  According to the

>> Inyo NF website, chances of obtaining a multiday permit through

>> the lottery system are 57%.

>>> 

>>> There are cancellations though, and I hope you are lucky enough

>>> to get one,

>> but I wouldn't get your hopes too high.

>>> 

>>> Padre

>>> 

>>> 

>>> Hiker97@aol.com wrote: I am planning a major expedition to Mt.

>>> Whitney for

>> Monday, August 11. I hope to get a walk-in permit, since it is a

>> weekday event. Basically, we acclimate Monday night at Whtiney

>> Portal. Tuesday we start for Outpost Camp at 5 A.M to

>> camp/acclimate. Wednesday we start for Trail Camp at 5 A.M to

>> camp/acclimate. Thursday mid-night we start up the 97 switchbacks

>> and on to the top for sunrise. There is a full moon around this

>> time, so it should be fantastic. Anyone interested? Bring an 02

>> bottle, I might need it. Happy trails, Switchback P.S. I think the

>> record for the 21-mile hike up and back on the Mt. Whitney trail

>> is a little over 4 hours. But that is for youth.

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