Brewer Basin in Kings Canyon

The floor of the little lake filled valley mentioned below. Easy travel through here.

Getting Down

It was then that we commented on the fact our lake neighbors were nowhere in sight, nor had we seen them at all except where they were last mentioned in this text. We discussed it, compared notes, realizing we had both seen the quick movement on the talus we theorized was a fall by one of the party members. That small movement we know would translate to a big fall.
We moved on, this time I aimed for the direct route downward over soft sand. It was almost exactly like soft snow, requiring a solid heel-plant, but still sliding the same distance as we stepped. The last time I had done that was coming down from Mt. Dana in a snowfield. We descended rapidly following a trail of use, quickly reaching the floor of the little lake filled valley. A short field of easy talus had to be crossed, and the first lake was easy to turn. Between lakes we took a break to fill our water bottles and get a long good drink. We had run out of water high on the mountain, and we were past due for a watering. After looking at my map, I suggested a route to our left in a snow-filled gully to bypass a granite ridge, which we took. It was a good choice because we had some good views to the SW and the lakes there and the mountains beyond on the Glacier Divide. A rocky stairs got us to the top of the ridge we were bypassing, which led to a gentle ramp to an isthmus between lakes and back to our route back, an obvious trail in places.