Thanks guys for all your feedback, that sounds encouraging and I'm looking even more forward to the trip. I was planning to go the old Mt. Conness trail and do expect scrambling - I have bouldered a bit outdoors and love scrambling (have done little Tuolumne Peak as my first off-trail, which was no problem at all, and that motivated me to do more ) so that should not be much of an issue given theby eginobili20 - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Yes, nothing like on the video I was reading reviews and getting scared but really, literally after I was up there I was asking people where the scary ridge was, it's totally safe and not exposed. Your wife should be fine! You always have one side to lean onto if you don't choose to walk on top of everything (and even then its fine). We actually hiked through this ridge three times, twice in theby eginobili20 - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Hi all, I've read the two threads on Mt Conness in this forum and am pretty clear about routes you can take etc. I'm planning a 2-3 day backpacking trip to Young Lakes and Mt. Conness (and whatever peaks we then still want to do) However I'm not sure about the last ascent to Mt Conness in terms of exposure and vertigo, e.g. when I see this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSo5vp271Xo I've doby eginobili20 - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra