Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Trail Camp tent choice advice

Hi all,

Heading up to Whitney starting this weekend. Camping at the portal, Trail Camp and then Outpost Camp.

I have two tents. One is free standing and the other is not. The non-free standing tent stake supported one is a new one and is very light that I was hoping to try out.

After doing some research here it appears it can be difficult to get stakes in the ground at Trail Camp. I have no experience securing a tent without stakes- specifically having to use rocks. Assume it's just a matter of bringing some extra line and finding some heavy rocks.

In the end, both would need to be secured with rocks, so is one really better or worse then the other?

Thanks in advance.