Figured this was a pretty good sign I was back in the vicinity of the use trail. (And it was)
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Followed the occasional trail duck and a very faint tread to locate the use trail leading up the right side of the canyon- far above the marshy meadow below.
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A faint but definite tread leading up toward the saddle.
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Up to the saddle and looking back to the north. The jagged near ridge is Raymond/Renyolds in the Mokulumne Wilderness. (And the view extended all the way to Desolation and the Tahoe south rim)
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Left turn, 1500 more feet of gain to the summit. That isn't the summit up ahead. (Not even the summit of Peak 10824 which I'd need to cross to get to Highland)
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Slog. Slog. Slog up steep and sandy soil.
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Climbing the talus of the 1st false peak. Could have avoided this to the right- which I mostly did on my return leg.
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Other side of that first false peak...
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...giving me a first look at Peak 10824. More uphill ahead.