Glad you got Dana under your belt - it's a great acclimation hike for Whitney, or any other fourteener. I'm betting you'll be back. Akichow mentioned once that the NPS was marking the final summit route through all that ankle-twisting talus with flags - curious if you saw that. We had no such luck that year, possibly due to the snow.
Thanks, me too! I did not see any flags, but the trail was in much better shape than I expected. It seems that someone has put some major time into building some LARGE, well-made cairns and building the trail in general.
Chevy, Dana is a real quad-burner, isn't it.
Might be ok for a week before Whitney.
I actually enjoyed the climb - I think it's the downhill and six hours in the back seat of a tiny car on the ride home that did me in!
The intensity of the climb reminded me of Skyline Trail (Palm Springs) and the rocky terrain reminded me of my Mt. Washington hike last August.
