Portal to E-Ledges look off. I've tracked the length and gains with a very accurate Garmin GPS before and can't find the file, but I remember the mileage was between 5-6 miles. There is absolutely no way the MR is 8 miles.
If its 5-6 to EL, that would put it at 10.4 -11.4 to the summit, the same as the trail. Can that be right?
BTW, a little terminology. It is becoming common to refer to the whole North Fork route and the route above Iceberg Lake as the Mountaineer's Route, but that is not accurate. The Mountaineer's Route is the climber's route from above Iceberg Lake to the summit;, just as there are North Face, North Buttress etc climbing routes frpm roughly the same area. The
approach to all these routes is up the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek.
I know, I am so old school and pendantic, but all of the history, as well as the Inyo NF termnology, are on my side.
As Yogi said, you could look it up. So there.
