15 min
Overview
This is the infamous chute that skips the 99 switchbacks. While it's extremely steep and difficult to get up, it can be a fantastic, easy way to glissade down if the snow is soft.<br><br>Starting from the Trail Crest, glissade the obvious snowfield, trying to trend right as best you can. When you run out of enough slope to slide near the bottom, make your way right to rejoin the switchbacks and the rest of your descent.
Trail Stats
1.0 km
0 m
4124 m
3759 m
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Photos
Stop and enjoy the awesome views from the chute.
Stop and enjoy the awesome views from the chute.
Halfway down the chute, looking right.
Halfway down the chute, looking right.
9/11/28 @"The Cables", Mt. Whitney Trail
9/11/28 @"The Cables", Mt. Whitney Trail
Halfway down the chute looking up, you get a better sense of just how steep this terrain is.
Halfway down the chute looking up, you get a better sense of just how steep this terrain is.
09/11/2018 Trail Crest looking west towards Hitchcock Lakes and Sequoia. Cloudless day and only a breeze.
09/11/2018 Trail Crest looking west towards Hitchcock Lakes and Sequoia. Cloudless day and only a breeze.
Daybreak looking down on Trail Camp from the middle of the 99 switchbacks. Can you find the tents?
Daybreak looking down on Trail Camp from the middle of the 99 switchbacks. Can you find the tents?