Hey, thanks everyone for chipping in their thoughts and links. We didn't have Matthes Lake as a destination, we just wanted the quickest route from Nelson to Sunrise HSC (we actually thought we'd make it in a day to the creek between Sunrise Lakes and Cloud's Rest! Fools!). I guess I just thought that if there was a sign posted at the Elizabeth Lake TH saying "Sunrise HSC - 9.6" thereby Andy Why - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
My social experiment with two friends that I've backpacked with in the past (varying from four times with one, once with the other, and previously little acquainted) was sorely put to the test on the off-trail path from near Lake Nelson to the Sunrise High Sierra Campsite. I gather from my reading here that there is a route that connects Matthes Lake and the Echo Creek canyon west of Nelson Lakeby Andy Why - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion