Langley

This June I hiked up Mount Langley in California, which is a touch over 14,000 feet and is located near Lone Pine, CA. My husband Jack and I hiked to Long Lake from the Horseshoe Meadows trailhead and stayed overnight to acclimatize to the thinner air above 10,000 feet. We saw lots of golden trout jumping but left our fishing rods at home since the season didn't start until July 1. On our hike up the next day, we had to navigate a steep, snowy section, did a fair amount of scrambling, and saw a ton of marmots. We also saw a pile of sticks under some rocks that looked like a den for some kind of large animal. As we hiked up, the altitude slowed us down along with the loose scree that we were hiking in. It was beautiful at the top but due to the haze from recent fires, we couldn't see too far. However, we were thrilled that we saw all of two people that day. We went back to our camp at Long Lake, tired and sore, and the next day we hiked back to our car.
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