Yosemite Trip Report!

[Alex]

The best trails frequently start at the "Danger! Do not go beyond this point!" sign.

That said I wouldn't have opted for taking Muir down from the top of Nevada if there was ice on the ground. That section of trail has several running streams and seeps that cross it so odds are that even without obstruction there would have been lengthy sections of sheet ice on a downhill cliff face.

But any story you survive is a good story (unless it involves rape..or murder of a loved one...or malomars).