Mount Whitney portal was finally open so I took the trail up to Lone Pine Lake. It was a pretty hike although I was struggling to breathe so i took oxygen and went thru a small bottle. The accent was pretty hard for me since I stopped hiking for months due to the pandemic. It was worth it although it was frozen. It was my 1st time taking this trail so I might have overpacked a bit but it's better to be safe than sorry because the weather does change drastically it was about 30ﾟ by the time we were done hiking there is some Sun but still some parts were very cold because they were snow on the ground In some areas Make sure you take enough layers of clothes that you can layer down and also and issacs enough water and some crampons cause you may need them.