Month: June 2018

PCT 2018 Day 51, June 12, Tuesday.

Start mile 1046.8, campsites

End campsites at mile 1073.2

Miles walked: 26.4

After Ebbitts Pass, snow clears, and many rock outcroppings appear, like a sandstone badlands above a forest.

More rock outcroppings Lowlands are in the distance. For many days only mountains, no lowlands have been visible.

We see many lakes in late afternoon, sort of a lake district.

Snow finally reappears and stays the rest of the day.

I see Tootsie Roll and one of the couples from yesterday, but not the other.

Finished audiobook Riders of the Purple Sage, by Zane Grey.

PCT 2018 Day 50, June 11, Monday.

Start mile 1021.9, small campsite

End mile 1046.8, campsites

Miles walked: 24.5

Many snow crossings and finding buried trail throughout the day, in mixed conifer forest, with a few miles of clear trail.

At the end of the day, approaching Ebbetts Pass, are many switchbacks, rock formations, and steep ravines.

Two couples and one lone hiker were seen several times today as we kept passing each other.

PCT 2018 Day 49, June 10, Sunday.

Start North Kennedy Meadows, nearest trail mile 1016.9,

End mile 1021.9, small campsite

Miles walked: 5

Chipmunk and I had breakfast together in the lodge dining room, then he took me to Bridgeport while checking for hikers at the pass and that town.

My plan is to get wifi and cell phone service and plenty of town food. Bridgeport is a cute little tourist town with several good places to eat for hiker appetites. The library had wifi, and I complete most of my town checklist. I return to Sonora Pass with Chipmunk during his last hiker check of the day, usually around 4PM, before he returns his home. He saw around 11 hikers today, and those that wanted rides went to North Kennedy and not Bridgeport. He drops me off at the trailhead, and I hike just a few miles, far enough to get to a campsite. Will I encounter snow, you ask?