Day 10 - Climb Over a Foggy 4000' Pass and Descend into High Camp
Despite thick snow in the morning, we climb our way up the constantly-narrower creek drainages into ever-thickening fog to our high point for the trip on a boggy 4000 ft pass.
15 Photographs
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It rained all night, then started snowing in the morning! Happy Summer Solstice everyone!
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Dexter, Heide, Carol, Drew and Cherie: “Who’s afraid of a few little flakes! It can’t amount to anything!”
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Or can it...?! The snow keeps falling, and starts accumulating on the ground...
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..and on our tents...
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...and pretty soon, it’s a winter wonderland!
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Snow or no snow, it’s time to get moving. The snow eventually melts off the ground, but keeps falling in soft flakes for a while.
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We were warned we’d have lots more stream crossings today. Were we surprised? Naah!
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Some orange mosses and lichen add color to an otherwise rather gray scene.
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Dexter, Carol, Drew, Rosel and Perry at a critical junction. Drew’s navigation scheme: “Two drainages on the left, one on the right, one on the left, two on the right, and then we’re there!”
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Whatever you say Drew, we’ll be right behind you!
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As we climb higher, the clouds get lower..., hummm, I wonder why!
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Creek crossing number twenty-one...! Karen does it in good style.
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Drew’s warning “Watch out for the bog at the top!” That’s very useful, Drew, we can’t even see if we are at the top!
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We’re in a bog, so we must be at the top! We indeed crest over a boggy pass at 4000 ft, then descend about 500 ft into our camp for the night.
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It’s too foggy outside to take any photos, so I’ll just take one of Cherie inside the tent - glad to be cozy and warm in her sleeping bag!