page_title: Mount Langley
section_title: Climbing
hierarchical_section_title: Mount Langley / Climbing
caption_attribution_description: From the summit of Mount Langley, California (14,026 ft.).
context_page_description: Mount Langley is located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada, on the boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties, in eastern California in the southwestern United States. To the east is Owens Valley, and to the west is the Kern River Valley. It is the ninth-highest peak in the state and the seventh-highest in the Sierra. Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States, lies 4.8 miles to the northwest. Mt. Langley also has the distinction of being the southernmost fourteener in the United States.
context_section_description: Mount Langley is one of the easiest of California's fourteeners to climb.  A hiking trail starts at nearby Horseshoe Meadow, at an elevation of about 10,000 feet (3,048 m), passes scenic Cottonwood Lakes, and climbs through New Army Pass.  From there hikers travel cross-country to Old Army Pass, where they may pick up the recently constructed Class 1 Mount Langley Trail, which follows a series of large rock cairns for the two mile push to the summit.  New Army Pass is 7 miles (11 km) from the trailhead at Horseshoe Meadow and is an easier but longer approach to Langley than Old Army Pass via Cottonwood Lakes Trail.
  Due to the elevation, both passes are covered with snow most of the year. New Army Pass sits on a south-facing slope and it tends to clear of snow somewhat earlier in the season. Old Army Pass is only clear of snow for less than two months per year, from mid-August to early October. During the winter months, even the paved road to Horseshoe Meadow is closed, making the summit significantly harder to reach.
  The first recorded climb of the mountain was in 1871 by Clarence King and the French mountaineer Paul Pinson.
caption: View of buttes from summit
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