Actually, George, we're talking about a new sign at a new location on the west side. It would/should be placed somewhere west of (below) the JMT/Whitney Portal junction, since SO many people have experiences with other hikers, or even themselves MISSING that junction.

Here are the posts mentioning people missing the junction and making a wrong turn:
  • Paul's post (second post in this thread on page 1)
  • My post (third post in this thread on page 1) links to the "A search and rescue story".
  • KevinR's post (third from last post in this thread on page 1)
  • Bob R's post (above in this thread) mentions the use trail as well as intercepting day hikers descending toward Guitar Lake.


My sign suggestion can be seen as the next-to-last post in this thread on page 1.

We're suggesting the sign should be 50 yards or so west of the current junction, or, if it would catch the use-trail people Bob R wrote about, someplace farther west where those hikers might hit the JMT.

Regardless of situational awareness, reality shows that hikers DO take the wrong trail here, probably more than any other place in the entire Sierra.

Do you think we should pursue this with Seki management?