Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Safest way up Mt Russell

> which I understand is the gully right of the East Buttress above Iceberg Lake, correct?

...> Correct.

Hmmmm.... I have always thought of the entire off-trail section, starting where one first leaves the Main Mt Whitney Trail at the North Fork Lone Pine Creek crossing, continuing all the way to the summit, as "The Mountaineers Route".

Maybe we should take a vote.