Hi everyone. I am planning a trip to lone pine with some friends next weekend (Apr2-4)
as a newbie to hiking and first-timer to the area, I have a few questions:
1. Planning a roundtrip day hike from trailhead to lone pine lake (which doesn't require permit from the search), is Mt. whitney trail open right now?
the usda website state the area is open (
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/inyo/recarea/?recid=20806), but the current weather on timberlinetrails.com website
state that the Whitney Portal access road is now closed (
https://www.timberlinetrails.com/WhitneyWeather.html)
2. for hiking newbies, is it doable during this time of season? Is the trail covered by snow? Is altitude training and trekking poles required?
Thank you all.