Me and Sooz at the Cottonwood Pass trailhead at about 9,900 feet.

Entering the Golden Trout Wildness near the start of the hike.

First good view of Trailmaster Peak.

Sooz on one of the stream crossings.

The start of the switchbacks leading to the pass.

Looking back at Horseshoe Meadow after gaining some altitude.

Approaching Cottonwood Pass at about 11,200 feet.

Another view of Horseshoe Meadow from near the pass.

View to the west from the pass. We took a short break here.

Sooz on the saddle north of the pass as we head towards Trailmaster.

Piece of smoky quartz.

Took another short break at 12,000 feet.

Sooz and me on Trailmaster Peak at about 12,400 feet.

View to the north with Cirque Peak, Mount Whitney and Mount Langley.

Zoomed in on Cirque Peak and Mount Whitney.

Zoomed in on Mount Langley.

To the east of Mount Langley, The Fin and Woollyback, also some of the lakes in the Cottonwood Lakes area.

View to the south with Olancha Peak in the distance.

Zoomed in on Olancha Peak.

To the southwest, Chicken Spring Lake and Big Whitney Meadow.

Zoomed in on Chicken Spring Lake.

Zoomed in on Big Whitney Meadow.

Sooz signing the register.

This view to the east showing the route we'll take down.

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Another view sighty to the east showing the valley we will follow down to Horseshoe Meadow.

Zoomed in on Horseshoe Meadow.

Starting down off the peak.

Looking back on Trailmaster as we hike past two big rocks on the slope.

Heading toward the saddle.

Looking back at Trailmaster from the saddle.

Hiking on the small patch of snow just below the saddle.

This was the fun part.

Down in the meadow below the saddle.

Trailmaster from the meadow.

There was a lot of Corn Lilies in this area.

Corn Lilies

A fresh bunch coming up.

Close up.

In the trees.

Back to the stream crossing, getting near the end.

Back at the truck.

After having dinner in town, we headed back up to a turn out on the Horseshoe Meadow Road to spend the night.

View north from the turn out on the next morning.

Town of Lone Pine and Diaz Lake.

Owens Lake

After having breakfast we headed out to the Manzanar Airport to search for the crash site of a B-24. We were able to find small traces from that aircraft and we made friends with a group of cows that were there. Then we checked out the museum in Independence before heading home.



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