Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Daily Lottery like Half Dome?

Up the cables by 10AM is totally doable. I started from my car at 5:45 and was on the summit by 9:45, so you don't even need to start as early as 3AM if you're fast enough :-) And since it was the first week of October I was only using a headlamp for about the first 45-60 minutes, probably wouldn't have needed it a month or more earlier.