Today's hike: a learning experience! I could not locate the trail. After I finally found the trail, I stopped at Russell Lake, ate 3 Mountain House dinners and decided to make camp and get a fresh start on Thursday. I had bushwacked 15.3 miles through brush and blow downs, but my camp site was nice - a good ending to a very long / short day. Coordinates: 44 deg. 727" N, 121 deg. 48'124" W.
While I was eating three hikers walked up: Chinaman, his wife Rambi and SLOJoe. Chinaman and Rambi were experienced skiers who knew the trails and terrain. They informed me that there was a beautiful camp site up ahead and a great place to see the sunset and sunrise from the same crest. They asked if I was up to climbing with them. Absolutely! Photo #1: Chinaman, Bambi, Greybeard, Joe.
We reached the crest at 6,900 ft. elevation. What a glorious view! We were looking down into Jefferson Park with Mt. Jefferson in front of us and if we turned 180 deg. Mt. Adams and Mt. St.Helens was behind us. The sunset was beautiful and we were anticipating the sunrise the next morning. Photos: #2 Mt. Jefferson; #3 Camp site up on crest - Jefferson Park; #4 Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens .
Keep Hiking,
Greybeard
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