Mt Whitney Zone Forums Trip Reports Mono Pass, Mono Pass Peak & Summit Lake 7/17/15

I had originally planned for an overnight trip to Mt. Langley, but after several cancellations, I decided that I would just take on several day hikes solo. Looking at a list of possible hikes in the area, I decided on Mono Pass, with the possibility of a little class 2 to Mono Pass Peak.

Here are some hightlights. Clicking on any of the photos will bring you to my full trip report and gallery (~50 photos).


Looking towards Morgan Pass:


Ruby Lake:


Looking across Mono Pass towards Mt. Starr:


Summit Lake:


Getting closer to the peak:


View as I close in on the summit:


Possibly my favorite view in the Sierra. Red & White Mtn, Red Slate Mtn in the distance I believe:


Mt. Morgan (?) as I head back to the TH:

Beautiful pictures.

   

Sand and scree.....how bad was it? One step forward, a half step back?

Great pictures.

paul

I wish I would have done that peak last month instead of trying for Starr. Great pics, thanks.

Thanks!

The sand and scree section was quite short on the way up, so I didn't pay much attn to it. On the descent, I basically went straight from the peak to Summit Lake, so I was in the scree and sand for a longer distance. It was a little annoying with trail runners and no gaiters.

Red was intended route, blue was actual route:

Lyndon, what software are you using that shows multiple gps routes on the same map? I like it.

Those are screenshots from Google Earth. I added a shaded topo map from caltopo as an overlay.


You can also export a KMZ file from Google Earth, then load it into Gmap4:
http://www.hikinggeek.com/2015/01/28/2014-major-hike-log/

multiple gpx files on this page too, they just don't overlap:

http://www.hikinggeek.com/2015/06/03/trip-planning-high-sierra-trail-summer-2015/#map


edit: this link might work better:
Gmap4