our campsite at the Lone Pine
Campground and checked in. We had a nice view of Mt. Whitney from camp, and
many times I looked up at it and wondered what the heck we were doing! We
continued to Whitney Portal in the hopes of finding a campsite closer to the
trailhead to no avail. Oh well. Lone Pine Campground is only about a 20min drive
from the trailhead, although it would have
been nice to camp at a higher elevation.
After we checked out the wares at the Whitney Portal store, we hiked from the
trailhead to Lone Pine Lake on the Whitney Trail to get a feel for the terrain
we'd be hiking in the dark in 2 days (we couldn't legally go any farther, as
we didn't have a permit for Friday, and a permit is required for all
hikes on the main Mount Whitney Trial, be they day hikes or backpacking
trips). This was a good aclimitazation hike, only 2.5 miles each way, and
took us about 2.5 hrs round-trip. The lake was very pretty, and reflected the
surrounding mountains nicely. Afterwards, we had a tasty dinner at the Mt.
Whitney Restaurant in Lone Pine. We went back to camp and pitched out tents
and crashed out moderately early.
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