Originally Posted By: George Tsang
it is just a few days before we hit the road to visit Whitney. hopefully, we can see more postings for those who have made it in the past few days to know more about the trail condition.

btw, where can I find a break down of each of the legs (distance and time)? we will be camping at the trail camp for a night before summit on 23rd. thanks.

George, Reno Frank sent me a document he had put together with legs and times.
It was in a WordPerfect format, I think. I've copied his numbers here. If you copy and paste these numbers, be sure to use a fixed-space format (monospace font, like Courier).


Alt E. G. Cum. E. G. Leg Cum. Mile 7hr 8hr 9hr
Whitney Portal 8360
First Stream Crossing .5 .5 0:15 0:17 0:19
N Fork Lone Pine Cr 8810 450 450 .3 .8 0:25 0:28 0:31
Lone Pine Creek 9960 1150 1600 1.9 2.7 1:20 1:29 1:40
Lone Pine Lake 9960 .1 2.8 1:23 1:33 1:44
Big Horn Park 10340 380 1980 .7 3.5 1:45 1:57 2:12
Outpost Camp 10360 20 2000 .3 3.8 1:55 2:08 2:24
Mirror Lake 10640 280 2280 .5 4.3 2:11 2:26 2:45
Whitebark Stump 10640 .5 4.8 2:30 2:47 3:08
Trailside Meadow 11395 755 3025 .5 5.3 2:48 3:07 3:31
Camping Turnout 11890 495 3530 .7 6.0 3:16 3:38 4:06
Trail Camp 12039 149 3679 .3 6.3 3:28 3:52 4:21
Switchback Cables 12820 781 4460 1.4 7.7 4:38 5:10 5:49
Trail Crest 13777 957 5417 .8 8.5 5:18 5:55 6:39
John Muir Trail 13480 (297) .5 9.0 5:36 6:15 7:02
Mt Muir .3 9.3 5:49 6:29 7:18
Keeler Needle 1.2 10.5 6:44 7:31 8:27
Summit 14496 1016 6433 .5 11.0 7:10 8:00 9:00