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MOUNT LANGLEY

Pictures from the ascent of Mount Langley, via Old Army Pass and the South Slopes,
May 11, 2002

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May 10, 2002 - The Approach to Cottonwood Lakes.

1. At the trailhead.

2. Through the Foxtail Pines. 

3. Golden Trout Camp.

4. Approaching the Cottonwood Lakes.
5. On the trail.

6. The South face of Mount Langley.

7. Cirque Peak.
8. Uprooted.

9. Mount Langley from the Cottonwood Lakes Basin.
10. A first look at Old Army Pass. We climbed the main chute in the center the following day.

11. Posing in front of Mount Langley.

12. Cottonwood Lake #3 from camp.

13. The rocks behind camp.

14. The rocks behind camp, Sven on top. 

15. Camp

16. View from camp.

17. Life at camp. It is very windy and cold.

18. Our backyard.

19. More of our backyard.
20. Anchors.

May 11, 2002 - The Climb via Old Army Pass and the Descent via New Army Pass
21. At 7:30 am, the South face of Langley.
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22. Old Army Pass. We went straight up the main chute because the trail was snow covered and there was rockfall danger under the protruding rocks.

23. Climbing to the pass... The snow in the main chute is 35-45°

24. At the pass, a view of the Cottonwood Lakes Basin.

25. Looking South towards New Army Pass

26. Looking North towards Mount Langley
27. The Great Western Divide.

28. Mount Langley.

29. Olancha Peak (left, in the distance) and Cirque Peak (right)

30. Sven on the summit.

31. Looking North from the summit of Mount Langley. In the shade, Mount Corcoran. In the clouds, Mounts Whitney, Muir and Russel.

32. The Kaweahs (left) Mount Chamberlin (left) and the Great Western Divide.
33. The Kaweahs (right) and the Great Western Divide.
34. The southern end of the Great Western Divide.

35. The southern end of the Great Western Divide.
36. Olancha Peak (left, in the distance) and Cirque Peak (right).

37. The USGS summit marker.
38. Owens Valley and Lone Pine from the summit.

39. Yours truly on the summit.
40. Sven on the summit.

41. Sven on the summit. 

42. Looking down on the North Face of Mount Langley.

43. Tuttle Creek Canyon and Lone Pine behind

44. The Kaweahs and the Great Western Divide.

45. The Whitney Massif.

46. Back at Old Army Pass, looking down at the Cottonwood Lakes Basin. We decide to descend via New Army Pass.

47. Old Army Pass. An abandoned trail traverses somewhere in these rocks, but is snow covered.

48. At New Army Pass. Mount Whitney has emerged from the clouds.

49. Mount Langley (right) and Mount Whitney (left)

50. Joe Devel Peak, Mount Chamberlin and Mount Whitney.

51. Joe Devel Peak and Mount Chamberlin

52. Posing in front of Whitney and Langley.

53. Cirque Peak from New Army Pass.

54. Descending New Army Pass. There were snow cornices in all but one location, which we descended.

55. High Lake, Long Lake and the South Fork Lakes from New Army Pass.

56. Resting.

57. New Army Pass. The snow cornices are visible.

58. Long Lake thawing. A peaceful moment.

59. Hiking back to camp.

60. Cottonwood Lakes basin, approaching camp.
May 12, 2002 - The return to Horseshoe Meadows and drive back on Highways 395 and 108

61. A leisurely morning at camp.

62. Ibid.

63. Cottonwood Lake #3 in the morning light.

64. The East Buttress.

65. Our companion for the morning: a Clark's Nutcracker

66. (not uninterested by our breakfast)

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69. Getting closer...

70. Our backyard in the morning light.

71. Hiking back - the South face of Mount Langley behind me.

72. Cirque Peak.

73. On Horseshoe Meadow Road

74. Lone Pine Peak from Horseshoe Meadow Road.

75. Mount Williamson from Horseshoe Meadow Road.

76. Mount Langley (left), Lone Pine Peak (center) and Mount Whitney (right of center)  from Horseshoe Meadow Road.

77. Mount Langley and Lone Pine Peak from downtown Lone Pine.

78. Mount Baldwin from Highway 395.

79. Sonora Pass.

80. Sonora Pass.
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