GLORIA
Great Basin
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Langley Peaks Resurvey
July 26 – August 1, 2021
This is a week of scientific survey work in the high Sierra of Sequoia National Park. Participants are National Parks and NPS and US Forest Service staff, volunteer botanists, students, research scientists and previous GLORIA workshop attendees. If you have high altitude experience, are a reasonably competent botanist, are familiar with GLORIA-style surveys, we would love to have you!
Schedule
July 25 – Meet/camp Cottonwood Pass TH
July 26 – Hike to Upper Soldier Lk base
July 27 – Confluence Knob survey
July 28 – Langley West/South surveys
July 29 – Iridescent Ridge survey
July 30 – Weather make-up day
July 31 – Hike out to TH
Information
Plant Guides
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Map and Directions
From Lone Pine, CA:
From downtown Lone Pine, take the Whitney Portal Road west into the mountains. After 3.1 miles, turn left on Horseshoe Meadows Rd. Take this for 19.4 miles and turn left into the campground. See the map below. The Cottonwood Pass trailhead campground is on Google Maps for easy navigation.
Camping
This survey requires a solid backpack in to our base camp at Upper Soldier Lake where we will camp for the duration of the survey. The night before the hike in, we will camp at the Cottonwood Lakes Walk-in campground. Participants are expected to supply all of their backpacking and camping gear although gear can be rounded up for those who may be missing an item. We will have stock
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Personal Gear List
Backpack with rain cover
Tent or bivy-sac
Sleeping pad
Cold-weather sleeping bag
Food for 8 days
Bear-proof food storage can
Water filter or iodine tablets
Water containers
Backpack stove and fuel
Cooking pots
Clothes for warm days/cool nights
Socks!
warm and shade hat
Sunglasses
Rain jacket and pants
Utility tool/knife
Sunscreen
Lip balm with SPF
Mosquito repellent
Camp towel
Head lamp
Extra batteries
Backpack shovel
Basic first aid kit
TP/personal hygiene
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Optional Gear List
Camp chair
Harmonica/ukelele!
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