Re: Hiking in March
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:10 pm
Ahhh, thanks for that. I meant Cottonwood Lakes trail head but still off by 500'.
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=36.45405,-118.16543&z=15&t=T
Topo indicates around 10,040+ (top end of high parking lot), but different maps have the new route starting at different places...or not at all. One link says 10,040 and a paragraph later says 10,090'.
10,000' is fine. Have no idea where that stat came from. It has been rolling around in my head wrong for a very long time.
It never occurred to me that the trail didn't seem like a 500' gain to the lakes. I just figured the extra effort was because of the first day at altitude.
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=36.45405,-118.16543&z=15&t=T
Topo indicates around 10,040+ (top end of high parking lot), but different maps have the new route starting at different places...or not at all. One link says 10,040 and a paragraph later says 10,090'.
10,000' is fine. Have no idea where that stat came from. It has been rolling around in my head wrong for a very long time.
It never occurred to me that the trail didn't seem like a 500' gain to the lakes. I just figured the extra effort was because of the first day at altitude.