Mt. Whitney Winter Ascent - Mountaineers Route
Hello friends,
This weekend I will be traveling with a team of 6 climbers to attempt a winter ascent of Mt. Whitney by the Mountaineers Route.
Our planned goal is a winter ascent of the mountaineers route on Mt. Whitney, which at 14,495 feet is the tallest mountain in the US outside of Alaska.
Our team of 6 will be split in to 3 teams of 2 climbers each. Team 1 aka “The Gentlemen’s Climbing Club of East LA” is Beamer Hodge and I. Team 2 “Team North Face” are two guys from the North Face, Danny Wade and Rob. Team 3 “Team San Diego” are Taylor Wade and his dad. Beamer is an experienced aid climber with many hard climbs under his belt. Danny and Taylor “The brothers” are experienced mountaineers and ice climbers.
Our itinerary is as follows:
Day 1 (Thursday): Leaving LA in the late afternoon and driving to Whitney. Camp at the base to begin acclimatization. Elevation: 7,000 ft.
Day 2: Leave base camp early and climb to Upper Boyscout lake. Elevation: 10,000 ft.
Day 3: Climb to Iceberg lake. Time permitting, we will do some waterfall ice climbing at the Boyscout falls. Elevation: ~13,000 ft.
Day 4: Mountaineers start (3am) – Weather permitting. Summit attempt. Elevation ~14,495 ft. After summit, we will attempt to descend the entire mountain back to the base camp by late on Day 4.
Because this is a big mountain, and due to the huge amount of snowfall, it is possible that we won’t make it off on Day 4, so a final night, and Day 5 descent might be necessary.
The climb will look like this:
The Mountaineer’s Couloir
The overall route we plan to take
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