Thursday, July 11, 2024

PCT Day 55 (7/11/22) Mount Jefferson to Summit Butte

 "Pretty awesome day today. Started hiking in the snow just north of Mount Jefferson. Fresh footsteps in the snow made it easy to stay on route. After a few miles I was clear from the snow and into a burned are, which was actually much more difficult to navigate with downed trees and trail washouts. Got to Olallie Lake Resort about 10 in the morning. As I had heard, most things were priced high, but I found a tin of 60 butter cookies that was only 5 bucks so I bought it and ate half of them on the front porch along with a can of soda. Packed the rest in a bag and consumed them throughout the rest of the day, and they were amazing fuel. Today was the most energized I've felt in a while.

I didn't see any hikers until about 5:30 in the evening. Filled up my water and washed my feet and socks in a stream then headed up a short climb where I luckily found an awesome campsite. No snow and no bugs, which is awesome compared to last night where I had both. Tomorrow I'm going to hike to just before Timberline Lodge, where I'll have access to a supposedly killer breakfast buffet the next morning." 7/11/22 7:57 PM

Mount Hood in the background

In terms of fuel these cookies were the G.O.A.T.

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A tree covered site with plenty of loam... mmmm, my favorite

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