High Sierra Trail OR Onion Valley-Mt. Whitney-Horseshoe Mead

[ManOfTooManySports]

I think it wise to avoid the route starting from Onion Valley. We did OV to WP some years ago with a side-trip to Lake South America. The really hard thing about this route is, as folks have noted, you wind up on 13,000' Forester Pass early in the trip. But then you stay at very high elevations for most of the rest of the trip, too. On this route you spend more time closer to 11,000' than under 10,000'. This can really slow you down and wear you out. It's only for those who know what to expect over 11,000'.