Dana is awesome. May I suggest that once you get to the plateau, the "easiest" way to the top is basically straight up, IMO. You go left to the ridgem and there are a lot of big boulders that are fun to negotiate, but will slow you down quite a bit.
Also, another mountain in the area that is awesome is Mt. Conness--it's a similar length hike out of the Saddlebag Lake area. Views are epic. Snow there prolly later in the year. I've had a couple of the permanent Yose rangers tell me that this is their favorite hike in the area.
Another great hike with epic views is Tioga Peak--again from out of near Saddlebag Lake--you hike up to a plateau where Gardisky Lake is located, and then up Tioga Peak. Bear to the LEFT on that one, otherwise you run into some short cliffs which are fun but which slow you down.
