#altitude
3 trips tagged “altitude”
altitude backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 3 California backpacking routes tagged altitude, ranging from 9.6 to 15.6 miles with 2,962–10,800 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 30/100 (Moderate) on Cottonwood Pass to Chicken Spring Lake up to 61/100 (Strenuous) on Vivian Creek Trail to San Gorgonio, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 10,800 feet. All of these routes require a wilderness permit — each trip page links the booking window.
These routes cross Inyo National Forest and San Gorgonio Wilderness, and the months most of them share are July, September, August. Every stat below is cited on its trip page, so you can compare them like-for-like and follow any number back to the managing agency.
Cottonwood Pass to Chicken Spring Lake
Cottonwood Pass is the gentle giant of the southern Sierra: a 10,000-foot trailhead, a mellow 3.5-mile climb to the 11,200-foot pass, and Ch…
New Army Pass via Cottonwood Lakes
New Army Pass is the classic high route out of Horseshoe Meadow: 4.8 miles past the Cottonwood Lakes to a 12,300-foot saddle beneath Cirque …
Vivian Creek Trail to San Gorgonio
Vivian Creek is the shortest and steepest route to the summit of Southern California's highest peak. From the 6,080-foot trailhead in Forest…