Steve,
Thank you for the quick response. I checked the Current Conditions thread and the Mt.Whitney Facebook group I found:
Both seemed to report ice on the Trail Camp pond of unknown thickness. And I would have to find it, but I believe I saw a post by someone where they showed it lightly iced over on October 24th. Usually the ice formation goes pretty fast once you get that initial layer of ice to form. I'm on the fence right now, I mean... it would be a beautiful hike even without good ice. I was hoping on going up early Sunday morning...so thats 5 days of cold weather from the picture I saw from November 28th. Well, cold-ISH... We still have long day/short nights, and the daytime temps are also warmer than I like to see, so its really a gamble.
In fact, would you happen to know what the most reliable weather information website/source is for Mt.Whitney? The source I am used to using has been weird lately.
I have seen those videos are they are absolutely breathtaking!! I think a lot of years have good ice skating conditions, you just have to be so on top of it to find them though. Constant checking of weather, hiking to promising lakes and whatnot. I also realized some Eastern Sierra Lakes have resort webcams pointed at them, so that has been helping.
Lake Tenaya is definitely on my radar and I hope people post about it (and post early!) if the conditions are good.
