Only JM23 is for trips to Second Lake and beyond.)

Use self-issued permits at other times. Reserving a wilderness permit costs $6 per permit, plus the following per person fee: $15 / person if entering Mt. Whitney permit, a special use permit may be needed. Whitney wilderness permits are cancelled through July 2, 2020. Whitney, North Fork of Lone Pine Creek, and Trail Crest Exit).

Mt Whitney Trail permit is not valid for the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek approach to climbing routes like Mountaineers Route, East Face, East Buttress, or Mt Russell. Permits open on a rolling basis at 7am Pacific time exactly 6 … "Other Inyo National Forest trails that have 40% of the quota set aside for walk up requests, like the overnight permit on the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek, or trips that exit at Whitney Portal will continue to be issued as walk up. Whitney Trail, Meysan Lakes Trail, and the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek Trail … Highway 395 is Main Street in Bishop. White Mountain Public Lands Information Center, 798 North Main Street in Bishop, CA. Select the number of permits you want, then your entry trailhead: JM23 – Big Pine Creek North Fork. The trail begins sharing the Mt. All Mt. Whitney Trail, then cuts off to the north at the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek.

Closures: Whitney Portal Road, all Whitney Portal campgrounds,  Whitney Portal cabins, National Recreation Trail, Mt. For more about quotas and the amount of space, click here." For the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek (aka Mountaineer's Route), only 10 permits per day are currently available, 6 reservable, and 4 for walk-ins). The first technical challenge is the Ebersbacher Ledges. (Make sure you select JM23, the North Fork, and not JM 24, the South Fork. This is where the steep terrain begins. $5 / person for all other areas. I recommend helmets for falling rock, as well as time spent studying a guide book as to where you first climb on to the ledges. Permits are issued at the following visitor centers: Eastern Sierra Interagency Visitor Center is 2 miles south of Lone Pine, CA at the junction of Highway 395 and State Route 136. Whitney Zone (includes Mt. Trips sponsored by organizations or commercial groups must contact the permit office before applying for a Mt.