one thing the data does not capture is snow at higher elevations than 10,000 feet. The stations that record data in Mammoth and other places are all much lower than Whitney. That said, it is unlikely to have a major snow event on Whitney above 11,000 feet and not register snow at the locations the data I used is collected. It just will stick around longer on Whitney, so there's a good chance for some crud to build up and remain on the trail at Trail Crest and above that doesn't derive from major storms. None of that will be of the category of snow event that will have you postholing for miles, though.
