Bicksler 7 Mountaineers Route Training

   What a perfect weekend to train hard on the Mountaineers Route of Whitney!

We set out to meet and organize gear at the Road closed sign 4 or so miles from the portal

         At this point it was a matter of dividing up the gear and making sure we were not doubling up on anything.

We then sett off to see how far we could drive up towards the Portal for Camp 1. We decided that Adams Two man MSR tent weighing in at under 6LBS was better suited for two tall guys rather than the mini NorthFace, Here its is pitched on the side of the road at the Portal. Very easy to pack up and sets up in minutes!

6am start on Saturday Morning and we weighed our packs and headed up the snowy trail toward UBSL for a quick Ice Climb shortcut to Iceberg lake! Packs with climbing gear weighed in around 46lbs!

Snow Shoes strapped on our feet , Packs on our back and we are off for a tuff deep snowy trek up the Mountaineers Route of Mt Whitney!

We have come to the frozen Falls just below UBSL and its time to strap on the Climbing gear and head straight up the Falls.

What an Epic Climb. After playing around for several hours on the Ice we determined our route was not safe to attempt with full packs and we were running out of time. We quickly repelled down and headed for camp 2 at UBSL. it was getting Dark, Cold, and we were Hungry!

Set up camp, at some food and hit the sack! we needed to head out early if we wanted to Make the Summit and back down to the Portal in one day.
5am start on Sunday for an Amazing Sunrise hike too Iceberg, and then up the Chute to the Notch.

Finally at the Notch and on our way up the Final 400.. Quick lunch at the Summit and head back to camp.

Awsome Climb and the view was amazing at the top of Whitney.