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| Page Type: Trip Report Location: California, United States, North America Lat/Lon: 36.47700°N / 118.2369°W Date Climbed/Hiked: May 29, 2005 | Page By: kalet Created/Edited: Aug 26, 2005 / May 8, 2007 Object ID: 170379 Hits: 1034 Loading... Page Score: 46.57% - 2 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Access from Lone Pine, CA:
Take Whitney Portal Road W from 395.
Take Horseshoe Meadows Road S to Cottonwood Lakes trailhead (9960').
Run:
I hiked up Cottonwood Lakes trail until I lost it. The road to the trailhead opened two days before, so there weren't many if any tracks up there. I continued north until I was east of Cirque Peak's south ridge. The sramble up the ridge (12300') was interesting; sand, loose rock and snow. The snow was too soft to skin up. I dropped my skis at the top of the ridge to summit Cirque Peak (12900') due to lack of consistent snow between there and the summit. I hiked back to the top of the ridge and skied down to ~10000'. The top of the run was steeper than 40 degrees, but quickly mellowed to about 35 degrees. The snow was a bit too firm at the top, but quickly became ideal and remained ideal the whole way.
Avalanche Conditions:
Spring conditions; saw old, small loose avalanches.
Total Elevation: 2940'
Skied Elevation: ~2900'
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