Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Late June: Horseshoe Meadows - > Exiting Whitney

Yeah, I'm worried about that as well. I put in for a lottery permit for late July/August to do the trip in reverse. The snow caught me completely off guard, as I got the permits with the expectation of the weird California drought continuing. It didn't, and now here I am with no way to get exit permits on Whitney for late July because they're all gone!

I suspect our ability to get walk-in exit permits is pretty dicey...

Edit: The alternate idea is to say we don't have the ability to lead this trip with these kinds of experience levels and instead opt for something in the Western Sierra, like in King's Canyon. I'm not as enthused for that region, as I love the challenge of the Sierra Crest, but reality is reality.