Скачать или смотреть Mt Whitney Mountaineers Route March 24-27, 2022 with SMI

Mountaineers Route guided by Sierra Mountaineering. SMI guides: Ben Luedeke ("Scooby") and Benjamin Rademacher. Two friends and I were joined by a fourth SMI client whom we met at the start. Both guides were awesome! Highly recommend -- very capable, enthusiastic, helpful, no attitude... and they prepared great food!

Video and GPS track by KW. Still photos by Benjamin Rademacher.

SMI owner Kurt Wedberg was highly responsive and helpful throughout the process. He even volunteered (and followed through by actually doing it) to swap his own boots with a client when the client's boot sole became detached. Without the boot swap, our teammate would not have been able to make the summit.

Day 1: 3/24 from the closed gate on Whitney Portal Road. 3.9 miles, +2,855'
Day 2: 3/25 from Lower Boy Scout Lake to High Camp. 1.5 miles, +1,676'
Day 3: 3/26 from High Camp to Whitney summit. 3.0 miles, +2,315'
Day 4: 3/27 return to vehicles. 5.4 miles