"Started the morning with quite a bit of snow. Luckily it didn't freeze overnight, so I could still dig in the edges of my shoes. There were a couple stretches that were super gnarly. At one point I had to descend way low off the trial then climb back up cutting steps with each foot to traverse above the snow. Luckily a hiker caught up with me who wasn't using his Microspikes so I got to use them. The hiker is from Larkspur and his wife owns the Wu Wei Tea Temple! I was pretty sotked when he told me.
Eventually we split up when I took an alternate route with less snow and he stayed on the trail. Descended a little ways and the snow stopped, which was quite a relief. Started a pretty gnarly climb as soon as I rejoined the PCT that had some snow and a lot of creek crossings, which made progress slow. Climbed up a tall ridge with awesome views of Mount Jefferson and Mount Hood. Camping a bit past the top of the ridge.
Today is the first day that the actually muscles in my legs were hurting the most instead of the joints or my feet, which was pretty nice. I think it was from all the steep snow. Eating a Snickers bar in my sleeping bag. Stoked." 7/10/22 8:06 PM
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A ridgetop campsite off the north ridge of Three Fingered Jack
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Looking back at the peak
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Heading north towards Mount Jefferson
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Eastern snow loading of ridgelines
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Getting closer...
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Glacial creek crossings... the most anxiety provoking part of the trail
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Imagine getting sucked over something like this
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Maybe my favorite photo from the whole trail: Mount Jefferson from the north
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And a glimpse of Mount Hood, the next major peak of the Cascade Range
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