Ascent to Lone Pine Peak-Camp Lake on 2011-10-13| Others in Party: | Tom Wandall
----Only Party on Mountain | | Date: | Thursday, October 13, 2011 | | Ascent Type: | Unsuccessful - Turned Back | | Point Reached: | Lone Pine Peak - Camp Lake | | Location: | USA-California | | Elevation: | 11155 ft / 3400 m | | Remaining Elevation: | 1789 ft / 545 m (35% left to go) |
Ascent Trip ReportMet up with my brother late the night before. I had a permit for Whitney for Friday, and we needed to get one for him in the morning. Looking at the Falcon guide to the mountains of California, we thought that Lone Pine Mountain would make a good acclimatization hike. Geared up after getting the permits taken care of (and a monster pancake at Whitney Portal), we hiked up to Camp Lake. Taking into consideration the lateness of the day, the snow conditions and not wanting to waste energy that we would need on Friday with the "gravelly slog" ascent to the ridge, we called it off and went back to Lone Pine to eat and get ready for Whitney. This is a rarely visited valley (with Whitney next door), and we saw Mountain Lion tracks in the snow. I will definitely be heading back here when I get west again. |
| Summary Total Data | | Total Elevation Gain: | 3347 ft / 1020 m | | Round-Trip Distance: | 6 mi / 9.7 km | | Route: | Meysan lake trail | | Trailhead: | Meysan Trailhead 7808 ft / 2379 m | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail, Snow on Ground | | Gear Used: | Ski Poles | | Ascent Statistics | | Time: | 2 Hours | | Descent Statistics | | Time: | 1 Hours 30 Minutes |
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