Re: Tr-May 2012 We may be old but we're slow!
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:44 pm
SweetSierra
Mark is right that it is a piece of cake if done correctly. I've done the route 3 times now and both times from Breeze to Chain exactly the same. Go nw from Breeze along the obvious bench to about the 3rd little pond then head up and over the ridge at about the 9750 level or so. Then work your way s. alternately going downslope and traversing to your left. It is important not to drop into the drainage that goes into Lower Chain (you can do it but will get into a lot of talus) but head for the little puddle on the map that is just e. of the trail between middle and upper chain. Then head w. to the trail.
Oh I bought all the dinners (mark paid for his share) and mark supplemented them with a couple of packs of Tuna in case we didn't have enough fish to eat. (and they did come in handy). And it wasn't until the next trip that I was voted out of the kitchen!
Mike
Mark is right that it is a piece of cake if done correctly. I've done the route 3 times now and both times from Breeze to Chain exactly the same. Go nw from Breeze along the obvious bench to about the 3rd little pond then head up and over the ridge at about the 9750 level or so. Then work your way s. alternately going downslope and traversing to your left. It is important not to drop into the drainage that goes into Lower Chain (you can do it but will get into a lot of talus) but head for the little puddle on the map that is just e. of the trail between middle and upper chain. Then head w. to the trail.
Oh I bought all the dinners (mark paid for his share) and mark supplemented them with a couple of packs of Tuna in case we didn't have enough fish to eat. (and they did come in handy). And it wasn't until the next trip that I was voted out of the kitchen!
Mike