I was up there solo on Sunday/Monday this past week (4/28 & 29) and summited Monday morning via the Mountaineer's Route. Trail was snow free until a few hundred yards past the North Fork/Whitney Trail split. I ended up putting on my crampons after
We use a rough guess that as spring hits we see the snow clear about 500' elevation a week , now we are about 9500' in the opoen areas south facing much higher(webcam shows dry very high on south facing slopes). Snow can hold in the shadows and
Cancelled permits pop up on recreation.gov all the time especially as dates get closer. Keep an eye out for the dates you're hoping for and maybe some will pop up. It helps to be relatively flexible on climbing dates so if a permit pops up a day or
Forgot to mention...there hasn't been any work on the west side yet...the Front Loaders were still staged in the same place (3rd switchback on the east side?)
Snow on Mt. Baldy is getting thin fast especially in the bowl. This maybe the last weekend for bowl climbing. West side (left hand side most) of bowl and 3 pin alleys (right hand side most) has still good amount of snow left. We took a long snow band
