Mount Whitney (14,497 feet) in a day

via Mount Whitney Trail

22 miles round trip; 6,200 feet of elevation gain

Sierras Highest Peak, California

September 21, 2006

66Looking West from the crest	67Trail goes around	68View of Western Sierra	69National Park boundary	70Trail sign
71Hitchcock and Guitar Lakes	72Self-portrait on the trail	73Guitar Lake on right	74Trail junction	75Trail signs
76The way up	77Self-portrait on the trail	78Vistas	79Summit comes to view	80View from trail
81View from trail	82View from trail	83Looking ahead	84On route to the summit	85Looking East through notch
86Looking towards summit	87Hut is visible now	88Approaching the summit	89Looking back	90Summit hut
91By summit hut	92Plaque on the hut	93Sign-in book	94On the summit	95Tablet on the summit
96On the summit	97Summit hut	98GPS reading on top	99Survey marker	100Another survey marker
101Looking down towards Portal	102Iceberg Lake below	103View of Mt Russel	104More summit vistas	105More summit vistas
106 Summit vistas	107Summit vistas	108Summit vistas	109Trail is visible	110Leaving the summit
111 Looking ahead on trail	112Looking back	113Looking ahead	114Looking ahead	115Back at Trail Crest sign
116Switchbacks begin here	117Looking down to Trail Camp	118Mt Muir	119Close-up of Mt Whitney	120Switchbacks
121Switchbacks	122Ice	123Back by icy spot	124Marmot	125Indifferent Marmot
126View from Trail Camp	127Trail Camp	128Trail Camp	129Backpackers heading up	130Another marmot