Start – Stormy Lake (1850 m)Finish – Maiden Peak Shelter (1840 m)Daily Distance – 34 kmAscent – 760 mDescent – 770 m I half expected to crest a rise…
Day 48 : Koosah Mountain
Start – Koosah Mountain (1960 m)Finish – Stormy Lake (1850 m)Daily Distance – 35 kmAscent – 620 mDescent – 740 m 18:35, and the sun is already slipping behind…
Day 47 : nr Yapoah Crater
Start – nr Yapoah Crater (1890 m)Finish – Koosah Mountain (1960 m)Daily Distance – 34 kmAscent – 1050 mDescent – 980 m I am finding my stint as soft-drink…
Day 46 : Bend
Start – Bend (off trail)Finish – nr Yapoah Crater (1890 m)Daily Distance – 9 km + hitching back to trailAscent – 375 mDescent – 70 m Fortune, both good…
Day 45 : Bend (Rest Day)
Start – Bend (off trail)Finish – Bend (off trail)Daily Distance – 0 kmAscent – 0 mDescent – 0 m I am beginning to think that when Americans say that…
A flight to freedom (Auf Wiedersehen Washington)
From the highest depths to the lowest heights the implacable forces of ICE have hunted our entirely unreasonably incarcerated hero. An epic chase of over…
Day 44 : Rockpile Lake
Start – Rockpile Lake (1905 m)Finish – Bend (off trail)Daily Distance – 23 kmAscent – 455 mDescent – 900 m Today, while taking a long overdue shower, I found…
Day 43 : nr Jefferson Park
Start – nr Jefferson Park (2025 m)Finish – Rockpile Lake (1905 m)Daily Distance – 36 kmAscent – 1160 mDescent – 1275 m At camp this evening, everyone seems just…
Day 42 : Trooper Spring
Start – Trooper Spring (1340 m)Finish – nr Jefferson Park (2025 m)Daily Distance – 31 kmAscent – 1175 mDescent – 490 m One of the peculiar side effects…
Day 41 : Timothy Lake
Start – Timothy Lake (990 m)Finish – Trooper Spring (1340 m)Daily Distance – 37 kmAscent – 1050 mDescent – 700 m Of all the lunch spots, on all the…
Day 40 : Timberline Lodge
Start – Timberline Lodge (1830 m)Finish – Timothy Lake (990 m)Daily Distance – 31 kmAscent – 375 mDescent – 1220 m The late evening sun glistens on the…
Day 39 : Sandy River
Start – Sandy River (1000 m)Finish – Timberline Lodge (1830 m)Daily Distance – 16 kmAscent – 1160 mDescent – 315 m Cause of Death: Buffet Naismith’s formula posits…
Day 38 : Wahtum Lake
Start – Wahtum Lake (1200 m)Finish – Sandy River (1000 m)Daily Distance – 38 kmAscent – 1250 mDescent – 1400 m In recognition of Art’s penultimate trail day…
Day 37 : Cascade Locks
Start – Cascade Locks (50 m)Finish – Wahtum Lake (1200 m)Daily Distance – ?Ascent – ?Descent – ? A shortish day today, in order to warm the legs up…
Day 35/36 : PCT Trail Days
The PCT trail days have certainly been a very different experience than the trail so far. It is really more a festival atmosphere, with hiking…
Day 34 : Panther Creek
Start – Panther Creek (275 m)Finish – Cascade Locks (50 m)Daily Distance – unknownAscent – unknownDescent – unknown Today, I went off-script and undertook a shortcut. Instead of following…
Day 33 : Bear Lake
Start – Bear Lake (1465 m)Finish – Panther Creek (275 m)Daily Distance – 42 kmAscent – 740 mDescent – 1925 m When planning a new town-town section, I typically…
Day 32 : Trout Lake
Start – Trout Lake (off trail)Finish – Bear Lake (1465 m)Daily Distance – 33 kmAscent – 1055 mDescent – 775 m This week marked one month since starting this…
Day 31 : Trout Lake (Rest Day)
Start – Trout Lake (off trail)Finish – Trout Lake (off trail)Daily Distance – 0 kmAscent – 0 mDescent – 0 m Sir, sir, cows drank my lake! It sounds…
Day 30 : High Camp Trail Junction
Start – High Camp Trail Junction (1850 m)Finish – Trout Lake (off trail)Daily Distance – 23 kmAscent – 290 mDescent – 970 m I made it! Leaving camp with…
Day 29 : Walupt Lake Junction
Start – Walupt Lake Junction (1515 m)Finish – High Camp Trail Junction (1850 m)Daily Distance – 34 kmAscent – 980 mDescent – 640 m The view from my tent…
Day 28 : Lutz Lake
Start – Lutz Lake (1540 m)Finish – Walupt Lake Junction (1515 m)Daily Distance – 28 kmAscent – 1220 mDescent – 1250 m The Richmond mountain range in the northern…
Day 27 : White Pass
Start – White Pass (1365 m)Finish – Lutz Lake (1540 m)Daily Distance – 20 kmAscent – 850 mDescent – 650 m I met a cute dog on a walk,And…
Day 26 : Snow Lake
Start – Snow Lake (1510 m)Finish – White Pass (1365 m)Daily Distance – 16 kmAscent – 275 mDescent – 440 m As I sat there on the rock I…
Day 25 : Sheep Lake
Start – Sheep Lake (1800 m)Finish – Snow Lake (1510 m)Daily Distance – 34 kmAscent – 1005 mDescent – 1250 m Well, wouldn’t you just know it. No sooner…
Day 24 : Mike Urich Cabin
Start – Mike Urich Cabin (1450 m)Finish – Sheep Lake (1800 m)Daily Distance – 35 kmAscent – 1215 mDescent – 915 m I walked through a land of dust…
Day 23 : Dirt road at Tacoma Pass
Start – Dirt road at Tacoma Pass (1055 m)Finish – Mike Urich Cabin (1450 m)Daily Distance – 28 kmAscent – 1250 mDescent – 850 m Today was not without…
Day 22 : nr Meadow Creek
Start – nr Meadow Creek (1130 m)Finish – Dirt road at Tacoma Pass (1055 m)Daily Distance – 28 kmAscent – 1150 mDescent – 1230 m When a tap is…
Day 21 : Snoqualmie Pass
Start – Snoqualmie Pass (920 m)Finish – nr Meadow Creek (1130 m)Daily Distance – 19 kmAscent – 970 mDescent – 750 m Perhaps inspired by having breakfast with 3…
Day 20 : Ridge Lake
Start – Ridge Lake (1620 m)Finish – Snoqualmie Pass (920 m)Daily Distance – 12 kmAscent – 200 mDescent – 900 m Like all self-respecting apex predators, it would…