Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Backside conditions from guitar lake

Given the amount of snow this year does anyone know if crampons would be needed in July coming in from guitar lake?

This is what the JMT junction looked like yesterday. I'd guess that most of the rest of the snow will be gone in a few weeks.




Here's another photo of the view to the "northwest" from the same spot.