I didn't read your mind... I mentioned this trip to you at the permit station... and you had
said you wanted to do Stubblefield...
All those passes I think are pretty do-able... definitely the drop from Lake 9774 is...
When we were there I mentioned that we could just hike up there b/c I really wanted to
check out that lake... but the wife nixed that... so we continued down further...
Little did she know I was simply planting the seed to get there the next day by climbing
up what I would call "The Double Muro Blanco"... White Granite on both sides of the canyon.
I highly recommend "Wells Canyon" ... really nice... really... nice...
But then again there is just so much niceness... already dreaming up 100 other routes...
Keyes and the rest are pretty simple... Wells was an unknown... but it was fairly simple..
I simply told her that we go there... and take a look... and if it doesn't work... we have
an extra day to come back down and work around into Thompson.
Same thing went for "Double Muro Blanco" climb out... start going... and just don't
go up anything can't get back down... and go slow and steady and have fun doing it...
From the get-go she said she didn't want to do anything dangerous. It was pretty fun
when we go near the Yosemite border she was planning the attack to go up and
over in the park. After that I knew we were golden.
Been up Saurian North Tower, Forsyth, Keyes, and Tower itself... it's all backpack-able
imo... all those passes... not toooooo much issue... and lots of fun...
Posted a bit about Saurian before I believe before.
Anyway, glad you enjoyed. Lots of great stuff out there that gets little press...
(I'm still trying to figure out how Doghead is class 2... I can only surmise that
no one has been up there in ages.... tried last year... and got stymied near the end...
esp. after telling the wife I was definitely NOT going up it that day... )
Here's the view of Craig Pass from below:
Sorry about the not so great pix... I ruined the LCD on my fav. cam...
and it's a 4 month wait for a replacement... sigh...
and here's the view of 9774 outlet:
Have fun on your adventures