I am fortunate to be able to say I climbed the same route in 1975, at 19 years old it was extremely difficult. I did record it on a Kodac disposable camera, no Go Pros, IPhones , or RUclips back then. Plus my ice ax had a wood handle. I did like his comment referring to the snow route, “It looks short but it’s not”.
Wow John, I summited about an hour after you did on the 16th, I was the green tent and orange jacket camped at Iceberg Lake, from minute 11:34-12:55. Great to have a video of the day!!!
I remember you, Jeff. We saw you standing by your tent when we approached Iceberg Lake on the way up early in the morning. You caught up with us when we were post-holing on the Portal Road about an hour or so before the sun set. We wished we had snowshoes then.
Great video. Brought back so many memories. I went up twice by the Mountaineer's Route; once about 28 years ago with a group of good friends, and another time by myself.
Wow, what an epic adventure. I was in Lone Pine in early April looking up to Mt. Whitney and it was Cold and Very Snowy. You are brave and adventurous souls!!
Great video quality and subject. The shots of your fellow hikers are nice, because it gives some indication of what it is like to climb, and where people climb.
thanks for reporting this wonderful news. Remember that if they hit you up for a filming permit.....1st amendment right to free press... restricting the press is a civil rights violation.
Great video. It is so awesome to see much snow. A friend and I climbed the face of Whitney back in 1994. 12 pitches. Took us all day and we slept in the Hut using her space blankets! We descended the next day down the route you took. No snow then, just rocks. We had camped at upper Boy Scott the night before. It was a super amazing trip...and your video brought back all the fantastic memories. Nice job to you and your team!
The snow has been spectacular this year. Climbing up there must be a once in a lifetime experience. I wish I could do it. But I'm just a beginner rock climber.
Yes, the snow is fantastic. It's melting really fast as the temperatures rise. I went back again this past weekend and noticed that snow conditions have deteriorated somewhat.
April 16. My birthday. Up until a few years ago I was out hiking all year long. If there was ice, I put on my crampons, if there was snow I put on my snowshoes. Wish I could but I can't now. Love the information, thank you very much. I could only dream of doing what you are doing.
awesome job and congrats for the view count wow that is great, you deserve it. must have been a lot of work just getting to the trailhead wow// what a climb and they got to ski on Whitney wow this is amazing thanks for sharing.
Took that very route 10 yrs ago to meet a couple of friends on the summit who just completed the John Muir Trail. There was nae snow then. Wonderful country.
I will have to save the video to watch again when I have more time. My first backpacking trip was Mt Whitney up this route. Never even went hiking. I lived in Los Angeles. I was invited and said yes. The leader got lost. So we started up the trail and was turned back by the Forest Service who looked at our permits. The very next week I went back and day hiked all the way to the top solo. I think it was a bigger deal than I realized back then. It started a lifelong adventure backpacking from California to Wyoming to the Canadian Rockies. I took friends up the trail route a few times, but never got them to the top. Like me they lived at sea level. 42 years later I still do ambitious trips. The wildfires have me going to Wyoming’s Wind River Range to avoid the smoke
Going from sea level to 14,000 feet in one day is a great way to get altitude sickness but since you had already attempted it, probably started your body acclimation in advance. I climbed it as a teenager many years ago starting from Giant Forest so by the time we reached Mount Whitney it was unstressful but I saw many people struggling to breathe and some just could not finish even though they had only a few hundred yards to go.
I can totally relate. I got into hiking and backpacking after taking Sierra Club's Wilderness Basics Course in 2017 and have been enjoying doing it ever since.
@@thomasmaughan4798 You're right. Acclimatization is very important. I've attempted 12 times, successfully summiting 9 times. I had a pretty bad altitude sickness when I tried to submit the 2nd time and had to turn around at the cables section. Once I was chased off the mountain by hail at about 1/3 of a mile before the summit. Another time, we decided to change our overnight trip to a day trip at Upper Boy Scout Lake because of a snow storm in the forecast for the next day.
@@4-SeasonNature I noticed the cables in the pictures. There was no cables in 1981. And a lot more snow (aside from this year). I never saw smoke from 1981-1991 in the Sierras. Thunderstorms in the afternoon were pretty common. The west side had black bears and never saw bears on the east side. Pikas and marmots were very common.
Wow I don’t think I could catch my breath up there! Hearing you even with all your athletic training seems hard to talk! Looks awes9me though! Thanks for taking us along!
I keep telling everyone about snow in April 2011. At the creek it was four feet deep creek buried. Couldn't even see it. We went up Carillion which was buried under 6 feet of snow but you could hear the water under it. It dumped 4 feet on snow already there. Epic. The chutes were 15 to 40 feet deep. Walls of ice up above iceberg lake. And at outpost camp too. Kearsarge was unbelievable. Chest deep powder over a 6 foot base. Five feet in parking lot. April.
Great video! It was much too steep there for those people to be roped together without running protection. I see this on the upper part of Mt Hood every year.
I also wonder. A few days after we summited Mt. Rainier in 2022, a female guide died because one of her two roped-up clients slipped and dragged all three of them down hill. It's really tragic.
I was there earlier this April. But right knee couldn't take the snow. It has been replaced twice. I tried though lol. Dog loved it. Great video of approach. Next time hit Arete up Russell up Carillion Creek. Top of creek overlooks Iceberg. Arete up to right. 😊
I totally understand. I do this stuff regularly with a friend who's had a knee surgery. It affects her a not going downhill as it puts more pressure on her knees.
An old man told me he had skied from trailcrest into Lone Pine before. Said he had been up Whitney 68 times. He did the day I went to trailcrest whole trail 11 hours. He was 69. 2012. Local guy. That is badass. 11 hours. 69. He carried nothing but a small sack. Tennis shoes. Another one is Tim Messick Yosemite. Ski guide 12 years. Said he had walked sideways across Clouds Rest snow cornice it was so narrow. Looking down 6000 feet into Tenaya Canyon. Legends like the climbers live out there.
Probably 45 years ago, we hiked in and camped, the next morning we hiked to the summit, it was early season, switchbacks still snow covered. Upon reaching the summit we were pretty pleased… then we heard voices, as we looked east two heads popped into view, they had climbed, not taking the trail. Our bubble was popped.
I have friends who have climbed the East Buttress of Whitney. There're people who are extraordinarily capable of things that we ordinary people just can't fathom. But being able to summit Whitney is extraordinary in itself.
@@4-SeasonNature I climbed the East Face with Dwight Kroll leading back in around 1978 (summer). We planned on coming down the Mountaineers Route but somehow missed it. We ended up going down the saddle where you go up to Mt. Russel (which we did the next day). I forget exactly how we went down but we had to traverse a steep snow bank with a huge dropoff. We had crampons but no ice axes. Oh to be young. I couldn't even think of doing that again. I wasn't much of a climber but I had confidence when I followed Dwight. And like jerelreeeves said, there were probably 30-40 people on the summit when we popped our heads over and sat right on the edge and ate our lunch. The hikers wouldn't get any closer to 5 feet to us and were amazed that someone could climb up where we did. Actually, it wasn't that bad. Even the crux of the climb (the fresh air traverse) didn't seem that hard. The beginning of the climb, the Tower Traverse, while not technically hard, was the scariest part for me due to the exposure. No way I could do any of that today or even what you just did. Great video.
@@garywilson1688 Wow, what you did was really incredible. I can see why you went all the way down to the saddle between Whitney and Russell as many people naturally think that the saddle is the shortest way to go down to the other side. But here we have the Notch. Young age is definitely an advantage for adventures like this.
Incredible footage -- thanks for sharing! A few observations: 1.) what an insane amount of snow still, for being nearly May...Winter 22/23 will surely go down in the history books, and 2.) it's got to be quite nerve-wracking (and also exhausting) to make your way back down that chute...I can't imagine the leg workout!
The snow alone was worth the effort to go there to see. I summited Whitney two weeks earlier and took the same route. The last 400 feet is definitely very steep. But the amount of snow, especially when firm in the morning, makes the climbing easier and safer than when all the rocks are exposed.
Wonderful to see it with so much snow, and on such a sunny day. I wonder, though, why the one or two people chose the traverse, which looks like the one section that's more dangerous with all the snow.
I agree. The traverse was more dangerous then. I went up there again this past weekend and I saw that the route for the traverse had been taken by more people.
It's safer with either a lot of snow or no snow at all. A little snow is more dangerous like it is now. A couple of climbers just died there (though not sure on the climb or the traverse) a couple of weeks ago.
It's an overnight backpacking trip. We camped at Upper Boy Scout Lake for the night and summited in the morning on the 2nd day and then hiked out in the afternoon.
Sorry for this late reply, bro. I just saw your message. Yes, I do mountaineering stuff in SoCal and the Sierra Nevada all year round when the weather is good enough. Feel free to reach out to me.
I summited Mt.Whitney four times last year and three times so far this year. I'd love to take you along on the training - conditioning hikes in SoCal and then to Whitney in the future.
Skis, skins and snowboarding will save a lot of time coming downhill. But carrying the weight uphill is not fun. I'm guessing most people don't have the necessary skiing/snowboarding skills to do it. Using crampons (and ice axes) is the default and safest way to do it in winter conditions.
@@4-SeasonNature lol I was slow typing a comment and your video came on next and it saved on yours lol…. Really loved this current video on what’s up in the Sierra now… so wild … stay safe
@@PCTALONGWALKNORTHHaha. I have also done it. Yeah, the Sierra Nevada is going to be interesting for PCT and JMT hikers this summer. I have several trips, including a JMT section hike, planned for the first week of July and one bridge partially collapsed in that section. Fingers crossed for a safe trip.
It's possible, but will be very challenging. I have seen people start the hike at around 9 pm the prior day. More people start between 1 am and 3am and finish in the dark. But if they open the Portal Road all the way to the Portal, then you'll be able to save about 7 miles round trip.
@@Henning_Rech I think you need a new pair of glasses that road most definitely doesn't have 20 feet of snow on it. I get that some people naively believe the government always tells the truth but when you see something contradicting what the government says withh you're own eyes how do you still believe. Maybe the California government doesn't want people to get into the trouble in the deep snow but there are plenty of people will the skills to safely play in the snow and its unfair to the majority of us to deny access to an area because of a few bad apples. There probably is 20 feet of snow near the summit and I would understand Caltrans being unable to plow a road that went all the way to the summit but it wouldn't be to hard for Caltrans to plow the road to the portal and make the area accesible for dayhikes.
What an epic snowpack
Still a bit snowy out there! Great video. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this video! Very informative and helpful to warn and advised others to consider their trips to Mt Whitney!🙌🏼
I am fortunate to be able to say I climbed the same route in 1975, at 19 years old it was extremely difficult. I did record it on a Kodac disposable camera, no Go Pros, IPhones , or RUclips back then. Plus my ice ax had a wood handle. I did like his comment referring to the snow route, “It looks short but it’s not”.
That must be good memories. I heard that back then, permits were not required.
@@4-SeasonNature I have climbed Mt. Whitney 4 times between 1971 and 1980. We just showed up and climbed. Not crowded then.
Nothing is short at 14,000 plus feet!
Wow John, I summited about an hour after you did on the 16th, I was the green tent and orange jacket camped at Iceberg Lake, from minute 11:34-12:55. Great to have a video of the day!!!
I remember you, Jeff.
We saw you standing by your tent when we approached Iceberg Lake on the way up early in the morning.
You caught up with us when we were post-holing on the Portal Road about an hour or so before the sun set.
We wished we had snowshoes then.
Thank you for getting some truly historic video of this past years record snow that still remained in mid May.
It's really a privilege to witness the record amount of snow in the mountains.
Thank you!
Nice footage! Thank you for sharing it!
Dude this is such a good trail report! Kudos
Great video. Brought back so many memories. I went up twice by the Mountaineer's Route; once about 28 years ago with a group of good friends, and another time by myself.
True. Memories of hikes like this stay with us for a long time.
Thank you. Wonderful
Quite an achievement! I live in Lone Pine and now I know what it looks like up there thanks to your well made report!
It's a really exciting experience.
Wow, what an epic adventure. I was in Lone Pine in early April looking up to Mt. Whitney and it was Cold and Very Snowy. You are brave and adventurous souls!!
With the right gear, it's not bad for me.
Absolutely mind blowing!!!!!!
Seriously! You and your team are such bad asses! Thanks for the inspiration! God bless you all!
Amazing ! What a memorable climb, I did the regular trail last September but this looks like such an adventure ! So inspiring
It certainly is a memorable adventure in this record snow year. Good luck to your future adventures.
Excellent tour..thank you!
So cool!
Thank you so much for sharing. It reminds of my good memory and happy times.
Awesome!! Thanks!🎉
Great Video. Thank you for sharing.
Great video quality and subject. The shots of your fellow hikers are nice, because it gives some indication of what it is like to climb, and where people climb.
Thanks.
thanks for reporting this wonderful news. Remember that if they hit you up for a filming permit.....1st amendment right to free press... restricting the press is a civil rights violation.
Great video. It is so awesome to see much snow. A friend and I climbed the face of Whitney back in 1994. 12 pitches. Took us all day and we slept in the Hut using her space blankets! We descended the next day down the route you took. No snow then, just rocks. We had camped at upper Boy Scott the night before. It was a super amazing trip...and your video brought back all the fantastic memories. Nice job to you and your team!
The snow has been spectacular this year. Climbing up there must be a once in a lifetime experience. I wish I could do it. But I'm just a beginner rock climber.
Phenomenal!!! Thank you for sharing.
Great video thank you for the detail!! 🙏🙏
Very informative! Miss those views. Thanks for sharing.
You are CRAZY! LOL I love this. So interesting to see that huge snow pack , the road etc. Great post. Thanks
What a beautiful mountain. Very nice climb, I enjoyed this thanks!
Thank you for this excellent video. I enjoy living vicariously through your climb.
You had beautiful weather! A wonderful mountaineering climb this year. Good job!!🏜
We lucked out on weather.
Such a cool adventure. Nice work. Good filming.
Awesome thank you for sharing!
Nice trip with beautiful snow, I love to see it thanks for sharing good luck and greetings from new friends ❤
Yes, the snow is fantastic. It's melting really fast as the temperatures rise. I went back again this past weekend and noticed that snow conditions have deteriorated somewhat.
April 16. My birthday. Up until a few years ago I was out hiking all year long. If there was ice, I put on my crampons, if there was snow I put on my snowshoes. Wish I could but I can't now. Love the information, thank you very much. I could only dream of doing what you are doing.
Adventurous or just crazy :) either way thank you very much for this posting.
awesome job and congrats for the view count wow that is great, you deserve it. must have been a lot of work just getting to the trailhead wow// what a climb and they got to ski on Whitney wow this is amazing thanks for sharing.
Excellent hike and video!
Woooow unrecognizable!!
What a amazing memorable climb!
Wow. Climbed Whitney in 2010. Can't believe how the portal campground currently looks! Thx for posting.
thanks for posting this!
Took that very route 10 yrs ago to meet a couple of friends on the summit who just completed the John Muir Trail. There was nae snow then. Wonderful country.
I will have to save the video to watch again when I have more time. My first backpacking trip was Mt Whitney up this route. Never even went hiking. I lived in Los Angeles. I was invited and said yes. The leader got lost. So we started up the trail and was turned back by the Forest Service who looked at our permits.
The very next week I went back and day hiked all the way to the top solo. I think it was a bigger deal than I realized back then. It started a lifelong adventure backpacking from California to Wyoming to the Canadian Rockies.
I took friends up the trail route a few times, but never got them to the top. Like me they lived at sea level. 42 years later I still do ambitious trips. The wildfires have me going to Wyoming’s Wind River Range to avoid the smoke
Going from sea level to 14,000 feet in one day is a great way to get altitude sickness but since you had already attempted it, probably started your body acclimation in advance. I climbed it as a teenager many years ago starting from Giant Forest so by the time we reached Mount Whitney it was unstressful but I saw many people struggling to breathe and some just could not finish even though they had only a few hundred yards to go.
I can totally relate. I got into hiking and backpacking after taking Sierra Club's Wilderness Basics Course in 2017 and have been enjoying doing it ever since.
@@thomasmaughan4798 You're right. Acclimatization is very important. I've attempted 12 times, successfully summiting 9 times. I had a pretty bad altitude sickness when I tried to submit the 2nd time and had to turn around at the cables section. Once I was chased off the mountain by hail at about 1/3 of a mile before the summit. Another time, we decided to change our overnight trip to a day trip at Upper Boy Scout Lake because of a snow storm in the forecast for the next day.
@@4-SeasonNature I noticed the cables in the pictures. There was no cables in 1981. And a lot more snow (aside from this year). I never saw smoke from 1981-1991 in the Sierras. Thunderstorms in the afternoon were pretty common. The west side had black bears and never saw bears on the east side. Pikas and marmots were very common.
so cool
Great video....nice climb.....skier good
Thanks for the trip report and video of your climb! I don't think I've seen this much snow pack in the Sierra since I was a kid!
Very cool experience just like to Nepal the tallest mountains in Himalayas !👍🌈
Wow I don’t think I could catch my breath up there! Hearing you even with all your athletic training seems hard to talk! Looks awes9me though! Thanks for taking us along!
After doing mountaineering for the last few years, it's getting easier to breathe and the altitude doesn't really bother me anymore.
Great Video! Great climbing!
Thanks for the video!
I have been up there a couple of times…but that winter trek sure looked fun!
Amazing
What makes the snow level impressive is that this is deep in the rain shadow. Just think how much more snow there is further west.
Wonderful video
Awesome video man, gives a great perspective!
Thanks.
I always liked to do my accents in fall. the rock fall from the winter snow has mostly ended during the summer so it seems much safer.
I totally agree. But I try to do it in all four seasons just to gain different experiences of the mountain and its vicinity in different colors.
I need to go back up there!
I don’t think they will open the Portal campground until June. Great Job!
Wow! I don’t recognize it in these conditions! Kudos! 😮
Everything except for the major landmarks looks very different.
Really good videogrphay. Amazing climb. I my hayday, I would have skied all the way down to the trail head if possible.
I keep telling everyone about snow in April 2011. At the creek it was four feet deep creek buried. Couldn't even see it. We went up Carillion which was buried under 6 feet of snow but you could hear the water under it. It dumped 4 feet on snow already there. Epic. The chutes were 15 to 40 feet deep. Walls of ice up above iceberg lake. And at outpost camp too.
Kearsarge was unbelievable. Chest deep powder over a 6 foot base. Five feet in parking lot. April.
2011 was also a high snow year.
Great video! It was much too steep there for those people to be roped together without running protection. I see this on the upper part of Mt Hood every year.
I also wonder. A few days after we summited Mt. Rainier in 2022, a female guide died because one of her two roped-up clients slipped and dragged all three of them down hill. It's really tragic.
I was there earlier this April. But right knee couldn't take the snow.
It has been replaced twice. I tried though lol.
Dog loved it. Great video of approach. Next time hit Arete up Russell up Carillion Creek. Top of creek overlooks Iceberg. Arete up to right. 😊
I totally understand. I do this stuff regularly with a friend who's had a knee surgery. It affects her a not going downhill as it puts more pressure on her knees.
Hi John! Nice work.
Thanks.
Nice effort!
Nice job! Wish I was there ~
An old man told me he had skied from trailcrest into Lone Pine before. Said he had been up Whitney 68 times. He did the day I went to trailcrest whole trail 11 hours. He was 69. 2012.
Local guy. That is badass. 11 hours. 69. He carried nothing but a small sack. Tennis shoes.
Another one is Tim Messick Yosemite. Ski guide 12 years.
Said he had walked sideways across Clouds Rest snow cornice it was so narrow. Looking down 6000 feet into Tenaya Canyon.
Legends like the climbers live out there.
There're many very capable and experienced mountaineers around.
Wow, impressive
Nice to see the Portal area in winter . Thx
I presume this is Whitney Portal west of Lone Pine, California. Oh. Then up the mountain in deep snow. Wow.
Precisely.
Wow, we were there in August… quite the different environment.
Very much so.
Probably 45 years ago, we hiked in and camped, the next morning we hiked to the summit, it was early season, switchbacks still snow covered. Upon reaching the summit we were pretty pleased… then we heard voices, as we looked east two heads popped into view, they had climbed, not taking the trail. Our bubble was popped.
I have friends who have climbed the East Buttress of Whitney.
There're people who are extraordinarily capable of things that we ordinary people just can't fathom. But being able to summit Whitney is extraordinary in itself.
@@4-SeasonNature I climbed the East Face with Dwight Kroll leading back in around 1978 (summer). We planned on coming down the Mountaineers Route but somehow missed it. We ended up going down the saddle where you go up to Mt. Russel (which we did the next day). I forget exactly how we went down but we had to traverse a steep snow bank with a huge dropoff. We had crampons but no ice axes. Oh to be young. I couldn't even think of doing that again. I wasn't much of a climber but I had confidence when I followed Dwight. And like jerelreeeves said, there were probably 30-40 people on the summit when we popped our heads over and sat right on the edge and ate our lunch. The hikers wouldn't get any closer to 5 feet to us and were amazed that someone could climb up where we did. Actually, it wasn't that bad. Even the crux of the climb (the fresh air traverse) didn't seem that hard. The beginning of the climb, the Tower Traverse, while not technically hard, was the scariest part for me due to the exposure. No way I could do any of that today or even what you just did. Great video.
@@garywilson1688 Wow, what you did was really incredible. I can see why you went all the way down to the saddle between Whitney and Russell as many people naturally think that the saddle is the shortest way to go down to the other side. But here we have the Notch.
Young age is definitely an advantage for adventures like this.
Incredible footage -- thanks for sharing! A few observations: 1.) what an insane amount of snow still, for being nearly May...Winter 22/23 will surely go down in the history books, and 2.) it's got to be quite nerve-wracking (and also exhausting) to make your way back down that chute...I can't imagine the leg workout!
The snow alone was worth the effort to go there to see. I summited Whitney two weeks earlier and took the same route. The last 400 feet is definitely very steep. But the amount of snow, especially when firm in the morning, makes the climbing easier and safer than when all the rocks are exposed.
Wonderful to see it with so much snow, and on such a sunny day. I wonder, though, why the one or two people chose the traverse, which looks like the one section that's more dangerous with all the snow.
I agree. The traverse was more dangerous then. I went up there again this past weekend and I saw that the route for the traverse had been taken by more people.
Great video, thank you for sharing.
I don’t have mountaineering skills , so I’ll stay away and stay alive .
That's the way to go.
When I was 14 years old we hike to top of mt.whitney spend the night at the tree line went to the top the next day
I'm sure it will be a lifelong memory.
I flew over Whitney in a small two seat plane 15 years ago. 😬😂
Congratulations. So waa it easier with the snow or without? Or maybe a mix of snow and rocks?
It's safer with either a lot of snow or no snow at all. A little snow is more dangerous like it is now. A couple of climbers just died there (though not sure on the climb or the traverse) a couple of weeks ago.
This how's a mountain / earth IS changing constantly , not fixed like many people's minds
۱💯💯👍👍👍👍👍👍
This is incredible footage. Is this a day hike?
It's an overnight backpacking trip. We camped at Upper Boy Scout Lake for the night and summited in the morning on the 2nd day and then hiked out in the afternoon.
Do you climb a lot? I'm in San Diego as well and am looking for someone to climb with.
Sorry for this late reply, bro. I just saw your message. Yes, I do mountaineering stuff in SoCal and the Sierra Nevada all year round when the weather is good enough. Feel free to reach out to me.
You're safe calling the porthole road a river.
Americans don't say the road flowing similar a creek.
I might do mountaineers route Memorial Day
Awesome video! How often do you go? Im from SD too and I’ve been looking into it but haven’t gone because of the record snow fall.
I summited Mt.Whitney four times last year and three times so far this year. I'd love to take you along on the training - conditioning hikes in SoCal and then to Whitney in the future.
Two years ago today I made it to the final 400 then had to turn around because a couple in my party starting to get hypothermia and delusional….
Good decision.
I’m on the video, blue bag at 21:19
Wow, a small world.
Seems like skis and skins would have cut down on travel time and risks? Any feedback on why all the tracks are hikers with crampons?
Skis, skins and snowboarding will save a lot of time coming downhill. But carrying the weight uphill is not fun.
I'm guessing most people don't have the necessary skiing/snowboarding skills to do it.
Using crampons (and ice axes) is the default and safest way to do it in winter conditions.
Another Vlog had the copter land in the day. They were doing training missions. Probably just practicing at night
I saw one helicopter rescue and one helicopter body retrieval on the Main Trail in April last year.
@@4-SeasonNature lol I was slow typing a comment and your video came on next and it saved on yours lol…. Really loved this current video on what’s up in the Sierra now… so wild … stay safe
@@PCTALONGWALKNORTHHaha. I have also done it.
Yeah, the Sierra Nevada is going to be interesting for PCT and JMT hikers this summer. I have several trips, including a JMT section hike, planned for the first week of July and one bridge partially collapsed in that section. Fingers crossed for a safe trip.
What camera is this?
It's OnePlus 8. 4 years old. I'll need to upgrade it soon.
Have you been to the highest points in any other states?
No, I haven't. I do plan to spend a few weeks in Colorado to climb some of the 14ners there in the near future.
Is it possible to make hike in a day trip with these snowy conditions?
It's possible, but will be very challenging.
I have seen people start the hike at around 9 pm the prior day. More people start between 1 am and 3am and finish in the dark.
But if they open the Portal Road all the way to the Portal, then you'll be able to save about 7 miles round trip.
Good old Caltrans can't plow a road, the big passes in Washington State which have 3 or 4 times the snow are almost fully plowed but great video.
Cali has >20 ft of snow. So Washington has 60-80 ft?????
@@Henning_Rech I think you need a new pair of glasses that road most definitely doesn't have 20 feet of snow on it. I get that some people naively believe the government always tells the truth but when you see something contradicting what the government says withh you're own eyes how do you still believe. Maybe the California government doesn't want people to get into the trouble in the deep snow but there are plenty of people will the skills to safely play in the snow and its unfair to the majority of us to deny access to an area because of a few bad apples. There probably is 20 feet of snow near the summit and I would understand Caltrans being unable to plow a road that went all the way to the summit but it wouldn't be to hard for Caltrans to plow the road to the portal and make the area accesible for dayhikes.
I think there are so many higher priority roads needing attention by Caltrain so they will have to come back later.
Correction…Caltrans not Caltrain😅
Why are you climbing that, not roped in?? Looks like a free solo, from here….
It looks more scary than it really is when you are in the middle of the pack. Of course, the necessary skills and experiences are prerequisites.
@@4-SeasonNature right! That’s good to know!
I hate the ledges
So do I. I loved going straight up the creek with so much snow twice in this past April.