Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak

June 19th, 2024 at 5:49 AMJohn Muir Wilderness, CA

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Distance14.9 mi

Elevation gain6,200 ft

CruxClass 3

Route typeOut & back

Duration9 hr

Quality8/10

Protected areaJohn Muir Wilderness, Forest Service

EcoregionSierra Nevada

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Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Entrance to the Whitney Portal Campground from the Meysan Lakes Trailhead.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Private cabins along Campground Road.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Joining the Meysan Lakes Trail.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Climbing to the saddle ahead.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — View back as the trail cuts across a rocky drainage.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Approaching the saddle.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Leaving the Meysan Lakes Trail at the saddle, headed south toward Lone Pine Peak.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Dropping into a marshy bowl.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Grass Lake.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — View back.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Following a sandy drainage to the base of Lone Pine Peak.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Starting up a loose chute.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Veering left toward a notch.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — View back.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Approaching the notch.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — View back from the notch.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Contouring a northern slope toward Lone Pine Peak.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Arriving at the saddle between Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Class 2 along the ridge to Lone Pine Peak.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — View back toward Rosco Peak. In the distance is Mount Langley (left), the pinnacles of Mount Corcoran and Mount LeConte (center), and Mount Mallory (right).

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Along the ridge crest. Sharp falloff to the north.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Approaching the summit.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Lone Pine Peak summit. View east.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — View northwest. Mount Whitney is on the left.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — View west.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Returning to the saddle between Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Traversing to Rosco Peak.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Sky pilot flower.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Class 2.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Along the ridge crest, impeded by a 40-foot cliff.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Backtracking about 100 yards to a weakness used to access the northern cliffs.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — View back at the weakness. I lowered myself onto the wide platform in the center of the frame to avoid the overhanging crack on the right.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Crossing the northern cliffs. Class 2.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — View back toward Lone Pine Peak.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Regaining the ridge crest.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Dropping down on the south side of the ridge, aiming for a Class 2 chute that leads to the notch, top-center.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Ascending the chute toward the notch, top-right.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — View back down the chute.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Class 3 along the ridge crest.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Following a ledge on the southern cliffs. Great views of Mount LeConte and Mount Corcoran.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Rosco Peak summit ahead.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Rosco Peak summit. View west toward Mount LeConte (left of center) and Mount Mallory (right).

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — View east toward Lone Pine Peak. Roscoe Peak's Class 3 summit block is on the right.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — On the descent, dramatic light on Mount Irving.

Lone Pine Peak and Rosco Peak — Final view back toward Lone Pine Peak from the Meysan Lakes Trail.