Could somebody advise on the quickest/easiest way to get from East of Italy Pass to Royce Lakes? Below is an annotated image to better illustrate my question.
If possible, I'd like to camp somewhere between Honeymoon Lakes and Italy Pass. From here, I'd like to go straight to Royce Lakes (red line). Is the terrain here easily passable? It's somewhat hard to figure out from the maps I've seen.
I've read many trip reports of people heading up to Royce Lakes via Honeymoon Lakes (orange line) but this option isn't ideal for me since it requires descending 1000 feet from my campsite.
Finally - any ideas on if the camp location I chose is good? That is, are there good sites around there, the views, etc... I was hoping to position myself somewhere with easy access to both Royce Lakes and Lake Italy...
Thanks!