Water makes this route logistically challenging. Luckily, in the maps and databook information there is also information on water in the different locations along the route, as well as information on proper places to cache water. We recommend caching water in at least two spots along the desert section - Trona-Wildrose Rd. cache and the junction of Highway 190 & Saline Valley Rd. There are multiple other possible caches summarized in the trip information, but we found these to be the most beneficial to prevent extra long water carries. Other natural sources that we encountered that were running in April were Hanaupah Spring, China Garden Spring, and Darwin Falls. Technically, you can stash food in the water cache locations, but it would require critter proof containers and the ability to make the journey back to pick up the items that were cached. We used dromedaries to cache water and then we carried those dromedaries with us until we got to Lone Pine. We budgeted 4 liters of water per person per day - which was a bit less than ideal - but we are still alive. Our longest carry of water was 3 days beause we skipped the Saline Valley - Highway 190 cache (looking back - we should have used that cache - it would have saved us a lot of weight in our packs).

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There are two locations along the route where you could possibly purchase food or send a box ahead of time with permission. The Panamint Springs General Store and gas station has a small selection of food and supplies, but a full resupply from here may be difficult. Lone Pine is a bigger town on the Eastern side of the Sierra and gives you an obvious place to resupply and rest up before attempting to summit Mount Whitney.