This last weekend we returned for what has become a (mostly) annual trip to the Emigrant for a very pleasant ramble around the granite. Without much of a plan, we explored some terrain we hadn't seen before like Pingree, the North Fork of Cherry Creek, the Lord Meadow / confluence area, and then finished by going up the outlet from Big Lake past Hyatt. Plenty of water meant great cascades, howby caeiro - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
sorry, newbie mistake, see my reply just above your post...by caeiro - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
From down at the creek-level I definitely noticed the saddle you point out crossing cherry ridge north of 6656 and my impression is that trying to cross there would be not fun at all given the steepness of the slopes and how brush-y they were. These people seem to have found a way down to the WF like what you are talking about but maybe without the steep post-Bear Meadow creek section? That seby caeiro - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
We didn't get a chance to explore louse canyon this trip. We saw the lower section of the WF from about where the 'mile 5' marker is (on the USGS 7.5 minute topos) down. Then hiked upstream on CC proper (what I guess I have been mistakenly calling EF) from a little above the confluence with WF to just beyond where the outflow from yellowhammer comes in. Stayed in the canyon most of time uby caeiro - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
A quick thanks to all the folks who have taken time to provide up-to-date information about this area. It was a great resource for trip planning. I'm not sure I have much new to add. Finally got out to the area last week. Hit both the WF and EF up to just below lord meadow. The WF was the more populated (perhaps unsurprisingly this year). Bugs liked the WF better too, didn't run into many on tby caeiro - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion