Thank you, Norris. Accounts vary, but it seems like a reasonably experienced hiker shouldn't have a problem.
I'm thinking of coming down from Whitney via Crabtree Pass/Miter Basin to Upper Soldier Lake. From Upper Soldier Lake, it makes a lot of sense to exit to the east via Army Pass rather than New Army Pass. That and I'd like to see the Cottonwood Lakes which I haven't seen since I was a kid. I've been over Cottonwood Pass and Trail Pass in the last couple of years, but it's been 30+ years since I've been to the Cottonwood Lakes.
HJ
