Today marks my 100th day of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Yesterday and today I hiked through the Three Sisters Wilderness to catch up on the 50 miles I skipped because of deep, impassable snow. The hike has been just beautiful through the volcanic range named after the three volcanic mountains, the North, Middle and South Sisters. Each one is over 10,000 ft elevation. The trail winds around the base and climbs up in areas that afford a spectacular view of the trail ahead of me. I am glad I came back to hike through this area.
I just passed through a section covered with Obsidian rocks. This is the result of lava that cools very quickly on the surface. It is actually glass and is very sharp. In fact, one of the hikers I talked with just leaned against one of the huge rock formations and cut his hand. It is a good thing that the trail has been built through this area - no one could walk on this for very long.
I only have 30 miles left of hiking in Oregon. Shirley and I will drive north to Lolo Pass today and camp out at the trailhead so I can get an early start day hiking from Lolo Pass to the Oregon / Washington state line. Here are the coordinates where I am camping tonight: 44 deg.10'747" N, 121 deg.49'.045" W.
Keep hiking,
Greybeard
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