Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Mountaineer's Route - Crampons Need for this Weekend?

Myself and 5 others just came off Whitney Monday for our 1-day hike. There was snow and some ice starting at the switchbacks all the way to the summit. It became very technical and slow for us as we just had regular hiking boots. I would say there is 3-6 inches of snow. You have to be careful on the backside and about 2:30 pm it snowed until 6:30. I would've felt more comfortable personally if I had crampons just because it was my first time doing Whitney. It got very cold, it rained and snowed but luckily not too windy. We really lucked out on the weather Monday. At trail camp a kind group camping there offered us hot chocolate and soup and other things to us as were cold, hungry and thirsty. Incredible experience in which I will forget.