Saturday: Partial climb to South Lake out of Bishop, CA. It was getting into the evening so we just climbed to 8,000 ft (starting at 4,700 ft). The climb ultimately tops out close to 10,000 ft after 19 miles. Our ascent was ~3300 ft and 10.2 miles.
Sunday: White Mountain out of Big Pine, CA. Starts at 4,000 ft and tops out over 10,000 ft (climb is 19.5 miles long).
Monday: Onion Valley (touted as the toughest climb in CA). Starts at 4,000 ft and tops out at 9,200 ft (5,200 ft ascent in 12.5 miles, avg grade is 7.8%)
http://www.toughascent.com/blog/2012...in-california/
