Transportation out of Portal

imported
#1

Finishing JMT at Whitney Portal on August 16th (Saturday) and need to get to a nearby airport (LAX or Burbank?). Is the CREST my best option?

Thanks!

Haiku

#2

If you had said the next week I would offer you a ride. I suggest that you might do just fine chatting up hikers on the trail. I would guess at least half the Whitney hikers drive back to LA.

Jim

JimQPublic

#3

yup, just what Jim said… I easily found hikers heading to LA from Whitney Portal in '05. I started chatting with 'em on the summit and by the time i got to the Portal I had a bunch of potential rides lined up. no problemo! Happy Trails!

freebird

#4

Agree with the previous posts. There are local transportation options down to Ridgecrest then onto LA but are a challenge to figure out.

goat mountain