_JFR_: 0012 The Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead at dawn - I'm ready to start my four day trek to Miter Basin and beyond
_JFR_: 0030 It was a cold morning on the Cottonwood Lakes Trail - that's frost in the meadow down below
_JFR_: 0032 Close-up of frozen droplets on grass stems, shining in the sun, on a frosty early morning in the meadow
_JFR_: 0041 Selfie at the John Muir Wilderness sign on the Cottonwood Lakes Trail (plus, I'm wearing my John Muir Trail shirt)
_JFR_: 0043 Cottonwood Creek wasn't flowing very fast in late July 2021
_JFR_: 0056 Cottonwood Creek flows down below in a meadow, with Trailmaster Peak on the right, from the Cottonwood Lakes Trail
_JFR_: 0061 I made it into the Cottonwood Lakes Basin and saw Cirque Peak (12900 ft), left, and Army Pass Point (12369 ft), right
_JFR_: 0067 Grassy meadow in the Cottonwood Lakes Basin with Mount Langley (14025 feet elevation), left of center
_JFR_: 0069 Cirque Peak rising above Cottonwood Lake Number One from the Cottonwood Lakes Trail
_JFR_: 0089 Wide angle panorama of the unnamed lake east of Cottonwood Lake Number Three from the Cottonwood Lakes Trail
_JFR_: 0095 Close-up of a family of ducks in one of the Cottonwood Lakes
_JFR_: 0120 Panorama shot of Cottonwood Lake Number Three from the Cottonwood Lakes Trail
_JFR_: 0143 Cottonwood Lake Number Four lies below Old Army Pass - the trail heads along the right side then crosses left up high
_JFR_: 0158 GoPro panorama video of the wavelets on Cottonwood Lake Number Four from the Old Army Pass Trail
_JFR_: 0159 Wide angle panorama shot of Cottonwood Lake Number Four
_JFR_: 0162 I got one quick peek at Cottonwood Lake Number Five before the Old Army Pass Trail continued west
_JFR_: 0166 Zoomed-in view of the tiny residual snow patch on Old Army Pass in late July 2021
_JFR_: 0177 Looking east over Cottonwood Lake Number Four from the Old Army Pass Trail
_JFR_: 0188 Looking down on Cottonwood Lake Number Four from the Old Army Pass Trail as it makes the traverse above the lake
_JFR_: 0198 GoPro panorama video from the Old Army Pass Trail as I climbed closer to the pass
_JFR_: 0204 I'm almost at the top, looking down at Cottonwood Lake Number Four from the Old Army Pass Trail
_JFR_: 0215 The Old Army Pass Trail is no longer maintained, and this rock slide won't be removed, so everyone climbs over it
_JFR_: 0228 One last GoPro view down to Cottonwood Lake Number Four from the summit of Old Army Pass
_JFR_: 0233 Entering Sequoia National Park Sign on the summit of Old Army Pass
_JFR_: 0239 Panorama video on a windy day from just west of Old Army Pass showing Mount Langley and New Army Pass
_JFR_: 0248 View over Sequoia National Park with Mount Anna Mills, center, and the Kern Trench, right, from the New Army Pass Trail
_JFR_: 0256 Close-up of yellow daisy flowers with a moth on one of them, from the New Army Pass Trail
_JFR_: 0258 Continuing west into Sequoia National Park on the New Army Pass Trail, Sawtooth Peak in the distance on the right
_JFR_: 0259 Nearing the bottom of the New Army Pass Trail, with Mount Anna Mills, left, and Mount Guyot (12300 ft), right
_JFR_: 0263 Trail sign where the New Army Pass Trail meets the Soldier Lakes Trail