"3:00 am start. 9:00 hours to the top. summit 12:00 noon. one hour at the top. 1:00 am start descent. 8:50pm back to trail head at Whitney portal (2550m). 1868m of ascent. 11 miles to the summit. The conditions were perfect, magnificent day. " — JohnJones • Jul 29, 2025

"Unfortunately, I was forced to turn back because a group member was not prepared and instigated most of the group to turn back as well, and i did not trust my 14 year old sister to descend without me" — ev28 • May 20, 2025

"Started around 4am. Logged 22.3 miles and 6,706 ft elevation gain. Lots of neat wildlife, even on the switchbacks. Spent 2 hours at the summit. Got back to the Portal at 8pm. First 14er!" — jakobpfeiffer • Sep 12, 2024

"12 hours and 50 minutes after parking my car at Red Lake Trailhead, it was time to brave the road to Big Pine again. For once, this was a car-to-car 14er that left me enough time to get home to SoCal at a decent hour! This one is as others have described it: rough road to the trailhead, rough path to Red Lake, slippery class 2 to the saddle, very long final section to the summit. But WOW- the views are awesome. This really felt like a real adventure!" — danishclimber • Sep 8, 2024

"Started at 4:30ish AM. Logged 14.5 miles, 5500 elevation gain in 12 hours. Got lost a lot. Trail disappears and reappears elsewhere. Scree towards the summit. Lots of scrambling." — jakobpfeiffer • Aug 29, 2024