Rico,
The use trail that we ended up taking from the northwest corner of lower soldier up to the ridgeline was really easy to find and not hard to stay on. We simply stayed high on the ridge line until we could see the trail next to rock creek and then made our way down the ridge line.
Going around the east side of Lower Soldier up to the gulley would for sure be a muck fest this time of year, as it was all super swampy last year in September.
You can see my planned vs actual route on the caltopo link at the end of my last post in the TR.
Steve,
Thanks! I always try to give back with a trip report with pics when I go out since some of the great trip reports here and on other sites have helped me plan my endeavors.
Snacking Bear,
Thanks again! Oddly enough, this was the first trip I went on where I didnt take a "real" camera, only my Google Pixel XL. It worked out well because it has a great camera built in. The only gripe that I had was that a third party camera app that I had been using bonked and stopped recording raw images the first morning at the trail head.
