Jim P climbed the Mountaineers Route this past Saturday (Apr 3, 2021), and shared his pics on facebook. Below are a few.

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Woke up Friday morning deciding between trail running or mountaineering. I was really feeling lazy but opted for quickie to Whitney. I started Saturday morning at the second gate at 0345. The early morning snow was in good firm shape and travel was fast. I got to a nice spot for an epic alpenglow event 🙂

The route to the peak went smoothly. Good crunchy snow with a decent boot track. The final 400’ had decent punchy snow and went quick.

Overall a great day in the mountains

Morning alpenglow, just above Upper Boy Scout Lake.
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Just below the Iceberg Lake plateau -- climbing the seeps area.
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Before Iceberg Lk, looking up toward the Notch
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Looking up the Final 400
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Summit Hut. Kaweah range.
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Looking down the (not-so) "easy walk-off"
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Looking at The Notch across the most deadly part of the traverse ("easy walk-off")
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Last edited by Steve C; 04/05/21 11:58 PM.