My wife and I attempted a one-day Langley summit attempt (our first time on Langley) on July 14 after having enjoyed Whitney over the past 10 years. However, a number of items conspired against us and we came up short: late start, lack of proper acclimitization, too-heavy packs, off-route, and frankly, not enough respect for this endeavor. We're going to give it another go toward the end of this month and we'd like to use Old Army if possible. We came down New Army Pass on July 14 and it was doable then without special equipment. I would appreciate any information you might have on Old Army conditions as the month progresses. Also, if anyone has information on an alternative route between Old Army and New Army that starts up the slide by the lake we'd love to hear the details. We saw a small group coming down that slide on the 14th and a fellow hiker told us a little about it the day before our attempt, but we couldn't identify the take off.
Thanks,
Don