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Not sure if this should be backpackacking or hiking... I'll go with backpacking as that's the way I did the trip!
Last weekend was time for another "Beyond Utah" hike. It was a fairly short jaunt up to Mount Langley -- a 14er in the southern Sierras. It's a relatively easy summit near Mt. Whitney and I made the trip even easier with a base camp at a lake half way up the mountain. It could be done as a LONG day hike, but I wouldn't recommend it. I really didn't need to spend the second night at the base camp though, but it was fun. It was amazing how much less snow there was compared my trip through the similar area last year LATER in the season.
A few logistic notes:
- the ultra-creative Cottonwood Lake names of 1 through 5 differ on various sets of maps.
- the "boulder" route to the top isn't that bad, but some may not like it. The longer "left" route is pretty much a walk up.
After freezing for two nights in my "desert" bag at 11,000 feet, I went to Death Valley where it was 117 degrees. No substantial hiking or video footage of that!
OK -- below is the video for the hike.
Thanks,
- Jamal
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Last weekend was time for another "Beyond Utah" hike. It was a fairly short jaunt up to Mount Langley -- a 14er in the southern Sierras. It's a relatively easy summit near Mt. Whitney and I made the trip even easier with a base camp at a lake half way up the mountain. It could be done as a LONG day hike, but I wouldn't recommend it. I really didn't need to spend the second night at the base camp though, but it was fun. It was amazing how much less snow there was compared my trip through the similar area last year LATER in the season.
A few logistic notes:
- the ultra-creative Cottonwood Lake names of 1 through 5 differ on various sets of maps.
- the "boulder" route to the top isn't that bad, but some may not like it. The longer "left" route is pretty much a walk up.
After freezing for two nights in my "desert" bag at 11,000 feet, I went to Death Valley where it was 117 degrees. No substantial hiking or video footage of that!
OK -- below is the video for the hike.
Thanks,
- Jamal
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