Today started out as such a gorgeous morning! We were the last to leave the campgrounds at 6:30. As we climbed the overcast morning made for some amazing photos!
Pit toilet in the morning is where it’s at!!
Engineer Peak
Cheeseburgler
Would be really fun to splitboard this area in the winter! 🏂 ⛷️
Gumball Rock
Oatmeal! Her and owner Bubba are almost done with the whole trail!
She was SO excited about that bark!
A perfect spot for a snack and stretch, water just out of frame on the right
Gorgeous red canyons all day
Weather starting to turn
That last area was so gorgeous! It’s really hard to tell with the overcast day, but a lot of those rocks had blues, greens, yellows, oranges, and reds in the mix! We crossed over the pass and started descending. I found a nice big tree about half way down where I stopped to eat some food and pull out some snacks.
It was here at this tree pictured above that the rain started to come down pretty heavy. Cheeseburgler was ahead of me when I had stopped, and I figured he would hunker down somewhere down the trail. I waited about half an hour until I thought the worst had passed…
The next 3 hours were rough. The most constant, cold rain we’ve had yet on the whole trail! I’m taking it RAINED from 1pm-4pm. For some reason my rain jacket was letting rain down the front of my shirt. My phone got wet and got water in between the case. I couldn’t slide it open to take pics or even use my hiking app… Luckily, I had started Spotify while sitting under the tree so I had good music for a few hours!
My hands got soaked and were freezing cold even with my rain mitts, and I almost lost full dexterity again in my pinky and ring fingers. I am stoked to be done with this trail soon! I caught Cheeseburgler on the uphilll towards the next pass. Luckily, the weather started clearing up nearing the top and we even had some sunshine on the other side!
A bit of some blue sky finally!
Bambi and Momma
We arrived at Celebration Lake which is aptly named because we were STOKED to be out of the rain and done hiking for the day! We saw Digs, Landslide and Big Pig camped there, all of whom we never thought we’d see again! They had gotten cold and wet and then took a break during the storm so they were near hypothermic and warming up in their tents! I am glad that Cheese and I decided to keep slogging once wet!
We went on a few minutes more up the trail and found some nice campsites tucked away in some trees. It was there I officially met Weights. He and Spinewalker had made a fire! I met Spinewalker just before catching the train yesterday. He hiked the PCT in 2021.
Weights and Spinewalker
I didn’t think I’d be enjoying a fire on this trail at all but honestly today was the perfect day to have one. I’m not a fan of fires in Colorado or the West in the summer, but I made sure that we stirred the fire and put it completely out before we all went to bed. It’s been a long, wet, and soggy day, my poor feetsies are still freezing! Pretty sure we’re going to try for a 22 miler tomorrow, due to a long water carry. I hope the weather is better!
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