From Sphinx lakes I headed over Sphinx col. At the col I met another backpacker who was headed for Longley pass. I headed for the northwest face of Mt. Brewer. There was still quite a bit of snow/ice on the route, but it was mostly avoidable. The summit has 3 high points. I'm still not sure which one is the highest, but the eastern most summit has the register. The middle summit is the fun summit block though. So of course I had to get out there and stand on it! Despite a little smoke coming from the Giant Forest area the views from the top were awesome!! I descended the same way I came. Back down the northwest face and back over Sphinx col, where once gain I ran into another backpacker (what are the chances!?!). He was planning to climb Brewer the following day so I gave him the heads up about the snow/ice on the route before descending from the col back down to the Sphinx lakes for the night.