Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Odds of getting a walk up permit

I'm taking my wife on her first backpacking trip and want her initial trip to be kind of easy (not that she can't do harder stuff) you know what I mean, I hope to make it kind of easy (remove foot now)and do Cottonwood Lakes. From everyone's experience, are our chances pretty good for this coming Saturday & Sunday nights for getting a walk up permit?

Cottonwood Lakes has 24 that are available for Walk-In... I'd say your odds are very good if you get to the IAVC early on the day before.

Arne -Wow! If only everyone's spouse handled 4hr plus car trips and 11,200ft plus altitude backpacking trips straight from sea level with no acclimatization. Have fun and good luck on the permit.

Lacrosse:
She is definitely a strong woman and she has been married to a hard headed Swede for almost 35 years and I want her around for another 35 years so we will staying at Horseshoe Meadows for 1 night and hope to get our permits for Sat/Sun nights.