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 |
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 |