We were a bit tired from the big day so we slept in a little bit this morning before heading out, hoping to make it to Guitar Lake.

Looking north to the Kings-Kern Divide from near Tawny Point.

Panorama of the Kaweahs from somewhere near Tawny Point. Kern Point dominates the foreground, but Mount Kaweah, Red Kaweah, and Black Kaweah are visible at left.

First views of the west side of Mount Whitney as we turned up Whitney Creek.

Mount Whitney from Timberline Lake. The looming clouds signaled the possibility of a storm, but we were close enough to Guitar Lake that we guessed we wouldn’t get wet today.

A curious marmot in a meadow near Timberline Lake. We reached the lake and set up camp behind a boulder. It wasn’t terribly busy, but there were several other groups in the area. Later in the afternoon a thunderstorm blew through quickly, dropping hail for a few minutes before clearing.

Sunset behind the clearing thunderstorm.

We planned to wake up on the early side the next day to get up and over Mount Whitney before any possible late morning weather came through.