Mt Langley / Miter Basin / Cottonwood Lakes 4 Day Backpack Trip

4 Day Backpack Trip with Tom, about 34 miles total. We started in Horseshoe Meadows, spent the 1'st night at Cottonwood Lakes 4/5. Next day headed up Old Army Pass to summit Mt Langley and then down to Upper Soldier Lake for night 2. On the 3rd day we explored Miter Basin, Sky Blue Lake and then headed down Rock Creek to spend night 3 at Lower Soldier Lake. Day 4 we hiked out via the PCT and Chicken Spring Lake.

All photos were taken with my old Canon S95 point'n shoot camera in jpg format. Panorama's created with Autopano Giga software.


GPS Track Log


Cottonwood Lakes area


Cottonwood Lake #3


Cottonwood Lakes 4 & 5. This is looking down from Old Army Pass


Saw quite a few Bighorn Sheep around the 12,000' range as we summited Mt Langley






Bighorn Sheep heading down towards Upper Soldier Lake


One of the new large cairn's built to summit Mt Langley


Looking straight down from the top of Mt Langley, what is that, about 1,000' straight down? Not for those afraid of heights!


Looking at Mt Whitney from the top of Mt Langley


Tom coming down the ravine to Upper Soldier Lake


Upper Soldier Lake


Is this a baby marmot?? Totally wrong time of year if so, maybe one of you reading this knows? Please let me know if you can identify this little baby creature


Lodgepole Chipmunk


The Mighty Miter Basin area


Looking down at Lower Soldier Lake


Very pretty unnamed lake in Miter Basin


Tom in Miter Basin (The Miter in the left background)


Sky Blue Lake


Sky Blue Lake panorama


Miter Basin


Marmot Scat


Still some pretty flowers in Miter Basin


This is heading down Rock Creek


Beautiful Rock Creek


Sierra Tree Frog


Rock Creek area looking back at the Miter Basin area


Looking out over Big Whitney Meadow and Kern Peak in the far distance