#altitude

3 trips tagged “altitude”

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…

15 mi2,962 ft gainDiff 30

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 …

9.6 mi3,596 ft gainDiff 33

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…

15.6 mi10,800 ft gainDiff 61