[Wow, it's been a looong time since I last looked in on this forum! Shame on me ]
Excellent question! I think what I'm really after is some reassurance that a couple of aging backpackers with only mild off-trail experience aren't likely to get into serious trouble in (and getting out of) the basin. Some of the reports I've read about Wanda Pass, in particular, made me wonder whether it might be too much for us. We turned back from Blue Lake Pass in Yosemite a couple of years ago, but it was an extremely high-snow year and the pass looked very slippery from the basin below. From what I've been reading, snow is likely to be the very least of our problems this year, especially in late August, when our trip is most likely. More likely to have to worry about finding water!
It took some work to put that report together and I'm so glad that you did. I enjoyed it very much, thank you.
"On this proud and beautiful mountain we have lived hours of fraternal, warm and exalting nobility. Here for a few days we have ceased to be slaves and have really been men. It is hard to return to servitude."
-- Lionel Terray
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