In July, 2011, my friend Kevin and I took a four day backpacking trip through the Cottonwood Lakes area of the eastern Sierras, which are a few miles south of Mt. Whitney. This is a collection of photos from that trip.
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Alpine wildflowers
Kevin taking it easy at our campsite at Soldier Lake
Chicken Spring Lake
Cottonwood Lakes 6 & 7
Cottonwood Lake #1 (I think)
Chicken Spring Lake again
Creek near Long Lake
Dead foxtail pine
Ground plants at 12,000 feet
High Lake immediately after New Army Pass
Long Lake
I’m waiting for the sunset
Meadow wildflowers
Miter Basin
Mt. Langley
The Owens Valley
Some kind of paintbrush flower
Morning light on Long Lake
Soldier Lake
Sunset over the Great Western Divide
Sun caught in the smoke from a nearby wildfire
scott turner hikes 
