Distance
2.4 mi to summit
5.0 mi total
Elevation
11,590 ft start
14,097 ft max
Vertical
2,424 ft gain
Time
2 hr 24 min to summit
6 hr 12 min total
Day 11 of my JMT section hike. Matt and I left our high camp at Lake 11597 in Upper Basin early in the morning and worked our way up over easy grassy slopes to the Split - Prater saddle. From there the climb up to the summit of Split was straightforward and relatively easy for a 14er. Cool views back to the Black and Glacier divides, down to Mather pass, and south down Upper Basin and the North Fork of the Kings.
