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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Edyth Lake, Near Lake Eleanore, Yosemite, CA

Seems to be on a lot of peoples list, however, no good trail, lots of bushwacking.

Comments on here include:
We came in from Eleanor and up the trail to Miguel Meadows, to Laurel Lk. & dropped into the canyon from there. Lk 5728 is a bit boggy and very very difficult to move around - seriously dense 8 foot bullrush, etc. It took us all day to bushwack up to Edyth and back. There are some expanses of open granite, thankfully. A person in our party was very sick so we opted to exit straight down the canyon to Eleanor. Luckily, we had a couple of guys on the trip that like to scout out routes for the rest of us. Each turn in the canyon is a visual candy store but it's the toughest hiking I've EVER done. It took me a month to recover. Bring gaitors, the manzanita is ravenous for flesh. I still bear scars. But Edyth was worth it. For more pix of the trip see my [smugmug site] (http://sierramaclure.smugmug.com/Backpacking%202006) Scroll down for Kendrick. Enjoy.

Another comment on HST
My buddy and I left Edyth by heading southwest up to the obvious saddle and into the Frog Creek drainage; that would be yet another relatively brush-free way in. We continued up to Moraine Ridge from Lake 7385, and caught the trail there...but heading in, I bet you could head up the Frog Creek drainage and get to the saddle over to Edyth more directly.


Amazing view:


Pool going up:

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