Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Crabtree pass NOBO vs SOBO

My planned route (which the pics above address) is:
Kearsarge to Crabtree meadows along the JMT as per usual
Just before upper crabtree ranger station, head east on a possibly non-existent use "trail" to lower/middle/upper crabtree lakes (mainly because I want to see the beach at middle crabtree!)
From upper crabtree lake, over crabtree pass (Harvey's route diagram, which is exactly what I was after), then down past sky blue lake (another of Harvey's pictures) to Soldier Lake.
Our to Horseshoe, either via the Cottonwood Lakes, or via Chicken Spring lake.