Trail open but no portal camping, no portal bathrooms, no portal store?
Will the gate be open?
I just called the Inyo County roads department. They said the gate will likely be closed indefinitely, until the forest service decides to re-open and starts giving out permits again.
I just heard back from a manager at Inyo County. They said that the campground is supposed to be closed until June 30 at earliest.
So the gate is closed but if you can teleport to the trailhead you can hike and not pee in the bathroom?
Exactly. For now. And you can summit as long as you don't camp about LBS.
I've been in contact with the NF folks, and they told me yesterday (05/19/20) that today (05/20/20) they were going to have an important meeting where the main topic would be wilderness passes; namely, when and how they would begin issuing them. These are the passes that allow you to camp off trail. The issuance (and non-issuance) of these passes is key, because Inyo County justifies keeping the lower gates to most of the trails locked because no wilderness passes are being issued. I don't know what happened at the meeting today, but if they came to a decision on issuing permits there will probably be a press release soon. The permits will probably not be issued in person; you'll most likely have apply online, and print one out and bring it with you.
[Personal thoughts on quarantine deleted to keep post civil]