High Sierra Topix

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.

SPeacock,

Thanks for the reply, but this information might be more useful for the other guy who posted about wanting to do a march trip. Like I said earlier in the thread, among other sierra trips in the last two years I went over pine creek and sawmill passes and I grew up camping and hiking all over the place pretty much year round. I run three days a week and I've been going for an 8-15 mile day hike every weekend since the winter has been so mild up here in Eastern Oregon where I go to school, so staying fit isn't an issue. I was more just wondering what conditions would be like in the southern sierra given the nature of this winter. Thanks for taking the time to reply.