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| Khanes | Route Climbed: New Army Pass Date Climbed: June 21, 2003  | |
| Although the books say that Mount Langley is quite easy....I found it harder than Mount Whitney. The last 1,500 feet of elevation is quite loose and gravely. Trekking poles are of a great assistance. There is also a fair amount of route finding after New Army Pass too, since the trail is poorly marked. Nonetheless, it's still 14,000+ ft and worth every step. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2003 10:58 am | ||
| wadesummit | Route Climbed: mountaineers Date Climbed: october, 2002 | |
| For a first climb I would not recomnend this route. I was not so lucky and had a friend take me up knowing that I had no climbing expierence. I made it but hanging, totally exposed, was not my idea of having a good time. Though I have to say that i'm hooked on the whole backpacking & climbing adventure and i'm looking forward to climbing mt. whitney via the mountaineers route in september. | ||
| Posted Jun 23, 2003 3:15 pm | ||
| Misha | Route Climbed: Old Army Pass (snow chute in the center), Class 3 variation to the summit Date Climbed: June 14th, 2003 | |
| Set up a base camp between Cottonwood Lakes #4 and 5. Climbed via Old Army Pass straight up the snow chute in the center. It was a lot of fun - the slope in there (close to the pass) gets to about 50 degrees. Took the Class 3 variation to the summit between 13.2 and 14k feet, nice scramble! On the way back we got intimidated by the steepness and icy conditions of the snow chute below Old Army Pass, and descended a Class 4-5 rock variation instead. Aside from us, two more people summited that day. What a nice contrast to the crowds on Mt. Whitney :). All in all, great day and great mountain! | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2003 12:46 am | ||
| thebeave7 | Route Climbed: Old Army Pass Date Climbed: October 2002 | |
| Late season basecamp between Cottonwood 4 and 5. Woke up and hit the trail around 7:30am the next morning. The lakes were partially frozen as temperatures dropped into the 20s and never got above the mid 40s. Took a little over 3 hours to summit, and less than 2.5 hours to get back to the lakes. One of the easiest 14ers. | |
| Posted May 18, 2003 10:13 pm | ||
| Diggler | Route Climbed: One of the Army Passes Date Climbed: 5 August, 2001 | |
| Did the approach to Langley (summited the next morning) the day after an exhausting (slept and 'acclimated' ~ 2 hours before going up) hike up White Mountain Peak. The weather and surroundings were beautiful, though. Passed some old English guys (who were in really good shape!) who'd camped at 11- or 12,000 ft, and were going along the Pacific Crest (or John Muir?) Trail. Had a wonderful, refreshing dip in the lakes below while descending. | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2003 7:34 pm | ||
| agorokhov | Route Climbed: Old Army Pass Date Climbed: July, 2000 | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2003 2:56 pm | ||
| yayoubetcha | Route Climbed: Old Army Pass Date Climbed: July 2001 | |
| A nice walk up. I think Old Army Pass is the way to go. | ||
| Posted Dec 25, 2002 10:52 am | ||
| Dave K | Route Climbed: Army Pass--sort of Date Climbed: June 2000 | |
| A nice climb with my friend Mike! We didn’t have the gear to deal with the cornices on the Army Passes, so we stayed at Chicken Spring Lake in Golden Trout Wilderness and hiked from the west. | |
| Posted Dec 22, 2002 10:01 pm | ||
| bennovak | Route Climbed: Old army pass Date Climbed: July 2002 | |
| Hiked with Richard Elder. Pretty good day hike with incredible scenery from the lakes basin on. About 11 hrs with a couple of those used for fishing the cottonwood lakes, brilliant goldies, bring a pole. | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2002 10:00 pm | ||
| Eric Tipton | Route Climbed: Northeast Chute Date Climbed: May,1999 | |
| Kenn Kennega and I approached the climb from Tuttle Creek. It had recenly snowed and we slogged thru snow up to our dicks from start to summit. | ||
| Posted Dec 10, 2002 9:21 pm | ||
| asmrz | Route Climbed: Rest and Be Thankful, IV+ or V, 5.10A, First Ascent Date Climbed: September 5,6, 1999 | |
| The Northern side of the mountain offers incredible selection of sharp aretes, buttresses and ridges. In the fall of 1999, Miguel Carmona and I climbed the "right hand" skyline arete, visible from Highway 395 at Lone Pine. The approach is via south fork of Tuttle Creek and Keyhole Wall. The route turned out to be 15 pitches long, with mostly 5.9 and easier climbing. Two pitches of 5.10 crack climbing. The route was just climbed second time in July 2002. Email me if you would like me to mail you a topo. There is detailed TR on SCMA site-www.rockclimbing.org, go to Gallery for pictures and Trip Reports for write up. | |
| Posted Nov 10, 2002 9:55 am | ||
| cartale | Route Climbed: Via NAP Date Climbed: 9/2/2002 | |
| I finally did it! My first 14er! Although I bruised the first three toes on my left foot, the day was great! I could barely walk by the time I got to the Cottonwood Lakes trailhead. Round trip was 10 hours exactly. Up via New Army Pass and came down Old Army Pass | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2002 1:05 pm | ||
| tbnelson | Route Climbed: South Slopes Date Climbed: October 5, 2002 | |
| Summited via the South Slopes with friends from church. We made camp at Cottonwood Lakes and then summited in a little under three hours from the lake. Two storms the week prior had left a fair amount of snow on the summit plateau. Old Army Pass had a little snow and ice in places. Great views of Whitney and Russell and Williamson to the north. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2002 2:46 pm | ||
| bearbnz | Route Climbed: Normal route with a variation to bypass Old Army Pass Date Climbed: June 15, 2002 | |
| Climbed Mt. Langley with ScottyS on our quest to climb all of the CA fourteeners this summer. The 21 mile round trip took 8.75 hours on the easy Cottonwood Lakes trail. First time up this peak. For images and info on this peak, visit my Mt. Langley page. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2002 5:06 pm | ||
| Rick Kent | Route Climbed: Old Army Pass to Summit Date Climbed: 9/14/02 | |
| This was my first 14er! I'm hooked now! Perfect day for a dayhike! Got some excellent photos of Whitney, etc. Visibility was clear. Views were breathtaking. A fairly long hike, but other than the sand, was enjoyable. Gonna do Whitney and Muir next week. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2002 2:10 pm | ||
| pilz8 | Route Climbed: New army pass Date Climbed: june 2000 | |
| Nice trip!! The views were great, a pretty easy 14ner. | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2002 8:55 pm | ||
| scottyb | Route Climbed: New Army Pass Date Climbed: September 1998 | |
| Had a great weekend with my best friends, Matt, Albert, Jeff, and Ted | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2002 10:44 pm | ||
| mdostby | Route Climbed: Old Army Pass Date Climbed: August 24th 2002 | |
| Nice day hike with forjan. Very clear skys the entire day and great views from the summit dispite the month old McNally fire to the south. Back home and in the spa by 8:30 pm! | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2002 9:55 am | ||
| forjan | Route Climbed: Old Army Pass Date Climbed: August 24, 2002 | |
| mdostby and I day hiked it. After a very sloggish morning (I'm still recuperating from a cough I caught in NW Spain plus the fact I didn't acclimate at all: basically left work [Camarillo, CA = 100 ft elev.] at 4:45pm Friday and arrived at the Cottonwood Lakes trailhead around 9:45pm), I made the summit at 11:15am. Stayed there almost an hour enjoying the views. A bit windy and cool at the summit today, though. No snow in Old Army Pass by the way. We had a leisurely descent, arriving at the cars by 4:50pm. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2002 9:45 pm | ||
| ScottyS | Route Climbed: Cottonwood Lakes Trail w/buttress variation Date Climbed: June 15, 2002 | |
| Dayhiked with bearbnz for my 2nd 14'er. We took a 3rd-4th class buttress variation to avoid the sandy Old Army Pass route. It was nice and fast! Mosquitos made us run through the Lakes bowl! Round trip time = 8hrs 45min. More pics, etc are available on my homepage here. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2002 9:43 pm | ||
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