PCT 2018 Day 46, June 7, Thursday.
Start mile 960.5, bivy site
End mile 980.0, campsites after stream crossing
Miles walked: 19.5
Climbing to Benson Pass, snow starts at 50% coverage, goes to 80%. Unlike many recent passes, no bare rock is at the top of the pass to climb..
Going down
Though the trail seems extra rugged today, the vistas are inspiring.
The trail climbs up again to 9k elevation, so more hide-and-seek with snow and trail.
I break a trekking bole on the steep way down, but do a field repair to get me a few more days of use, perhaps until a replacement arrives. Usually by this point in a long hike, I have already broken a pole. Sigh. Down to Benson Lake and old growth forest
And small lake 
Yet again to 9k and snow.
At Kerrick Canyon is a particularly challenging spot, where the trail is buried underneath steep slanted crusty snow, between rock cliff and whitewater, and no footprints.
I met no PCT hikers today, but did see three backpackers where I camped.
Finished audiobook The Master of Ballantrae, by Robert Louis Stevenson.