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 Turn-off for the Horseshoe Meadow campground |
 The trailhead at Horseshow Meadow |
 The trailhead |
 The trailhead |
 First creek crossing |
 A nice wide trail |
 Entering the Muir Wilderness |
 Second "bridge" |
 The New Army Pass fork (follow the sign for Cottonwood Lakes) |
 Sunrise on the Cottonwood Lakes trail |
 The Muir Lake fork |
First glimpse of Mt Langley |
 After the New Army Pass fork |
 After the New Army Pass fork |
 Sign to Cottonwood Lakes 1-2-3 |
 Views of the mountains from there (Mt Langley) |
 Views of the mountains from there |
 Views of the mountains from there |
 Views of the mountains from there |
 Langley from below Lake 1 |
 Langley from below Lake 1 |
 Old Army Pass (first on the left), the Lake 5 basin and Mt Langley from Lake 2 |
 The cabin at the first lake |
 Mt Langley from the first lake |
 Mt Langley from the first lake |
 The first lake |
 Langley from Lake 2 |
 Lake 2 |
 Lake 2 |
 Pine trees |
 Pine trees |
 Pine trees |
 Pine trees |
 Lake 3 |
 Lake 3 |
 Lake 3 |
 Lake 3 |
 Lake 3 |
 Bird staring at the hiker |
 Lake 3 from above |
 Lake 3 from above |
 Old Army Pass |
 To the right of Old Army Pass (mt Langley in the back) |
 To the right of Old Army Pass (mt Langley in the back) |
Old Army Pass reflected in Lake 4 |
 The trail runs through Lake 4 and Lake 5 |
 Lake 5 |
 NOT Army Pass |
 Lake 5 |
 Lake 5 |
 Lake 5 and Langley |
 Marmot |
 Marmot |
 Coasting lake 4 towards Old Army Pass |
 Lake 4 from the switchbacks to Old Army Pass |
 Lake 4 from the switchbacks to Old Army Pass |
 Almost at Old Army Pass |
 Lake 4 and 5 from Old Army Pass |
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Lake 4 and 5 from Old Army Pass |
 Lake 4 and 5 from Old Army Pass |
 Almost at Old Army Pass |
 Old Army Pass |
 Sign at the pass |
 The slope to Mt Langley (not visible yet) |
 Old Army Pass, lake 4 and lake 5 |
 Marmot |
 Old Army Pass from slightly above |
 Lake 3,4,5 from above Old Army Pass |
 Looking towards New Army Pass |
 Lakes 2,3,4,5 from above Old Army Pass |
 Lakes 3 and 4 |
 Mt Langley in all its glory |
 The five Cottonwood Lakes in all their glory |
The five Cottonwood Lakes |
 Panorama of the Cottonwood Basin |
 Looking towards New Army Pass |
 The Cottonwood Lakes |
 The Cottonwood Lakes nd the way we came |
 You can't see Langley yet, but you can see a lot of Sierra peaks north of the pass |
 The trail towards Langley |
 The trail towards Langley |
 The trail |
 The trail |
 Finally Langley appears |
 Mt Langley |
 Mt Langley |
 The view north |
 The trail and (all the way to the right) the way to Tuttle Creek |
 The view north |
 The view north |
 Rock formations on the way to Langley |
 View west |
 Approaching Mt Langley |
 View west |
 North |
 Beginning to climb Langley |
 Beginning to climb Langley |
 Lake on the west side |
 View of the Cottonwood basin |
 The view behind (the pass) |
 View of Owens Valley |
 The trail |
 The summit plateau |
 The summit 100 meters away |
 The summit block and the register |
 View north |
 Panorama north (Whitney in the clouds, Leconte very near) |
 The Tuttle Creek route |
 Leconte in the foreground, Whitney in the background (and in the clouds) |
 The south fork chute under the lowest cloud |
 Owens Valley through the clouds |
 Mt Langley's summit |
 At the summit under black clouds |
 USGS marker |
 USGS marker |
 Panorama west |
 Whitney on a cloudy day |
 Leconte and behind it Russell on a cloudy day |
 The other side of the summit plateau |
 View north |
 Mt Whitney from Mt Langley |
 Tuttle Creek to Owens Valley |
 Owens Valley |
Mt Leconte in the foreground and Mt Whitney in the background |
 The Tuttle Creek below the summit |
 Cirque Peak? |
 Hikers coming up the plateau |
 The summit plateau |
 Cottonwood lakes and Cirque Peak |
Army Pass, Cottonwood lakes, Cirque Peak |
View of the Sierra peaks with Mt Whitney in the center |
 Route from Tuttle Creek |
 Route from Tuttle Creek |
 Route from Tuttle Creek |
 Route from Tuttle Creek |
 Route from Tuttle Creek |
 Route from Tuttle Creek |
 Route from Tuttle Creek |