White Mountains, CA dispersed camping
Hi, I'm looking for some tips on a campsite. In August we're embarking on an 18 day truck camping trek starting with the total solar eclipse in Oregon and finishing up in the eastern Sierra. We'll ...
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P3driver wrote:
I noticed you mentioned "hiking Mt. Whitney". Be aware of two things, first, you must have a permit issued by the NPS, and they do check there. Second, at this time the Mt. Whitney portal is closed due to the severe rock slide damage from this winter.
Our trek up Whitney isn't until the end of August, so I'm hopeful that they have the rock fall cleared by then. If not, we'll have to make alternate plans to get up there. And we do already have a permit for our group to be on the mountain and a campsite at Whitney Portal for a couple of days too. We're pretty excited about getting up into the Sierra Nevada in a couple of different places on this trip.
