Mount Whitney via the Mountaineer's Route from camp at Upper Boy Scout Lake. Stunning up-close views of Whitney's E Face on the approach before inching up the cavernous couloir to the Notch. Chute was snow-free with lots of sand and scree in the upper portion. I climbed the final 400 and really enjoyed the scramble - lots of paths that work and a good hand-over-hand flow. Topping out via this route is surreal and wonderful - you pop out only a minute walk from the summit. In an instant, all the toil, care, focus, and thoughts of rough terrain evaporate into pure summit bliss!

Hiked down the Main Trail to climb Mt. Muir - another fantastic scramble, before hiking back up the trail, taking the traverse to the Notch, and descending the Mountaineer's Route all the way back to the Portal.

Other peaks climbed on this trip