I was just telling my husband that I want to do a trip that starts in Tuolumne and goes "down" and around the Ritter range and comes back up over one of the passes on YNP's southern edge... then, lo and behold, I see your post. Can you tell me more about your route? Was it a lot of cross-country or did you follow a trail? I just started thinking of this idea so I have admittedly notby JMT Cairn - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion