September 16, Day 150: 2613.1-2638.9
Miles Hiked: 25.8
Gratitude of the Day: I’m thankful for the sun’s warmth.
Last night was a very cold night, my Garmin said it was 28 degrees when I woke up around 5:30 and I believe it as the condensation that usually forms on the rain fly of my tent was frozen. It took me awhile to get motivated to get out of camp this morning, but I did make hot coffee and got packed up. I hiked out of camp and started one of the big climbs for the day at 6:40am. The ridge I was climbing up was on the east side so it remained in the shade and it was still cold even for climbing out of the valley. Finally around 8:30 I created the ridge and the sun shone on me and it was glorious.
The rest of the miles to Harts Pass (the last road I’ll cross as I head to the Canadian border) the sun guided my way and I was so thankful for it. It was clear blue skies with amazing views all morning. I arrived at Harts Pass and stopped to dry out my tent and let my sleeping quilt air out in the sunshine. As I waited for Cool Cat and Clancy I got a beer from a local and a trail angel showed up with fresh cookies and soda. Finally around 11:30 I picked my dry gear up and had 15 more miles to go to get to camp and still some major elevation to gain.
It was slow going but the views were amazing. I was trying to soak it all in because after today the weather forecast calls for rain for the foreseeable future. Tonight I’m camped 14.7 miles from the Canadian border. The plan is to slack pack to the border tomorrow, leaving at camp here tonight our tents and non essential gear. It’ll be a big day, 29.5 miles tomorrow but hopefully the lighter pack with make it go quicker. If/when it rains that’ll be a motivator as well.
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