Ascent up Mt. Whitney with Mingus. March. Skiied over 8000 ft...roundtrip was 8 hours. Great weather, couldn't ask for much more. Fisherman's Peak.

Update: Wrote an article about this for the Adventure Sports Journal. http://ykuwabara.blogspot.com/2011/10/16-18-whitney-low-function-var-scribd.html

Also, for avalanche areas in the Mt. Whitney basin check out... http://www.adventureplus.org/WhitneyAvalancheAvoidance04282006.pdf
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Route map. Left at 3 am...after sleeping in the car for a few hours. 8 miles, 8000 ft, 8 hours round trip.
Had to go to Bakersfield...with traffic
It was a pretty cool sunset though...you can't really see it from this pic.
Pitch black during departure...relied heavily on my GPS for navigation.
Mingus has no idea where I'm about to take him.
Route map. Left at 3 am...after sleeping in the car for a few hours. 8 miles, 8000 ft, 8 hours round trip.
Route map. Left at 3 am...after sleeping in the car for a few hours. 8 miles, 8000 ft, 8 hours round trip.
Route map. Left at 3 am...after sleeping in the car for a few hours. 8 miles, 8000 ft, 8 hours round trip.
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