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I attempted to bushwack down to Azure from the main trail but it was not to be. It was quite an experience! I got majorly cliffed several times but the view was incredible. At one point I started following a dry drainage down but got to a point where the drop from one boulder to the next was just a bit too big. Ideally I would have needed a rope to lower my pack down. I also kept thinking to myself "OK, maybe I can get down but how the heck do I get back up?!" Maybe I would have tried if I was with another person, but solo, with a 30# pack, and a very pregnant wife at home... I think I made the smart choice.
Does a reasonably doable way down exist? I think I read an older thread that references such routes. If I attempt Azure again I'll go the easier way from Cascade Creek!
This is about as far as I got. So close... yet so far.
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Hiking and camping in the Bay Area and up the Pacific coast. Backpacking in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Catching backcountry trout. I write articles, stories, guides, and how to's for exploring the outdoors. http://www.loveto.camp
Thanks for getting back with us Alan, and sharing you experience.
and a very pregnant wife at home... I think I made the smart choice.
You got that right.
Professional Sierra Landscape Photographer
I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member:http://reconn.org
