Snow Long

Day 6 , Monday June 22, 2015
Start Battle Pass 01-212TH, mile 1536.8
End 02-135XR, mile 1550.3

At the convenience store, buying food to last until Rawlins, I met thru-hiker Day-Glo.

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He was with a group that hiked north until Chama, then skipped up to Wyoming and are hiking south-bound. They spent three days in Riverside for the Jamboree. Later I met another hiker in that group, Giggles.

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They are returning to the trail today.
I hung around the store for an hour to see if anyone was headed over the pass and might gave me a ride. Then I started walking on the road to find a spot to hitch, and someone stopped. Jeff was going to meet a friend up in that direction and said he could give me a ride part-way. As we got to talking, he changed his mind and decided to take me all the way up to Battle Pass.
He mentioned the beetle kill is stopped in this area, because a few years ago the temperature got really cold for several nights in a row.
On the trail by 10, and meeting snow soon after.

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I walked on wet snow until 4, and as snow disappeared the trail descended along the side of a mountain. Looking at elevations, this may be last snow for a while.

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[Finished audiobook Damsel in Distress, by P.G. Wodehouse Wodehouse]

Author: Jim, Sagebrush

Jim (trail-name Sagebrush) codes audio software for Windows, Linux, Android, and embedded systems. When not working at sagebrush.com, he enjoys backpacking, which this blog is about.