"attempt with Jonas LaMont. Mimi Winsberg begs off and stays in the car. we easily head up to the bergschrund but the snow is soft, sunny. we have not rope and decide attempting the summit push would be a bad idea. we turn back and head to the pub! date approximate. " — rhudedog • Nov 19, 2019

"Hiked on 10/28/19. Left at 4 am. There was fresh snow on the route from the night before. A light powder about 3 miles in that melted later in the day. There was more snow and ice on the 97 switchbacks. I used microspikes on the way down just to be safe. Some snow and ice along the trail behind the peaks by guitar lake; I used microspikes going to the summit at this part. You could do the trail without spikes if you wanted. The last lake had a thick layer of ice that required me to use a rock to smash a hole through the ice to filter water. Temps were 0-20 degrees F with 5-20 mph winds. I had two bottom layers and four on top, two pairs of gloves with hand warmers, and a hat and an ear band. My first Whitney summit and my second 14er. The road to the trailhead was clear of ice. The trail was very clean; the only trash I saw was one wag bag closer to the summit. 7 hours 40 minutes moving time and 16 hours elapsed time. I spent a lot of time waiting on my hiking companion. " — firesoren90 • Oct 28, 2019

"This hikes starts among all the houses up past Taos Ski area. Follow the trail to Williams Lake and then take a left up the Wheeler Trail. Marmots and Big Horn Sheep were visible. Lightning prevented a summit that was 100 yards away. I was the tallest thing around and could have been easily struck as the Thunder and Lightning was moving in. " — UP • Oct 27, 2019

"Three knuckleheads tried to do a loop of Gray, Skylight and Marcy in a high water situation do to recent rains and snow melt. Almost every trail was a stream including the Skylight spur. Tedious day of boulder hopping with wet feet practically the whole day. Fortunately we got splendid views from both Marcy and Skylight which was great for the two knuckleheads who did these for the first time. Left Loj PA at 7am and returned close to 7:30 pm. We bailed on Gray, our first peak, as it was it was already afternoon and we still had the other two peaks to do and we had to do Marcy in order to get back to our car." — Nimblefoot • Oct 23, 2019

"The Ranger I talked to the day before said the weather couldn't be better and he was right. It was a steady 30-40 degrees the whole way and not as windy as I thought it would be. The 99 switchbacks aren't as hard as it looks like they are on paper. I kinda liked that part, to be honest. The roughest part by far was the last 2 miles to the summit. At that point you're at 13k ft and rising. The Incline is fairly mild, but the altitude winds you faster. It seems to drag on forever. The hidden challenge of t he hike is the leg th, if you day hike it. If I do it again, which I totally would, iid love to camp it and enjoy the wilderness a little longer. The night sky out there is GORGEOUS. " — alexehagen • Oct 23, 2019