The trail that branches right off the initial lake trail comes very quickly in probably 50-100 yards. I missed it on the way in and ended up scrambling up the hillside to rejoin the ascending trail along the south of Quandary. There was No cairn marking the right branching trail as suggested in the 14ers.com Fletcher Mountain Southeast Ridge report. On the way out, I built up a reasonable sized cairn to help mark the turnoff.
Otherwise, route dry. There are permanent snow fields in the rust-colored gully and the upper large rock slab section. These presented no problems and are easily bypassed as needed.
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