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09/13/2017
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09/12/2017
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09/11/2017
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09/10/2017
Day 52: Sun
I walked 64780 steps on the trail today.
I traveled about 27 miles today.
9/10/17 With no cloud cover, it gets cold at night! We had ice in our water and frozen socks from our soggy hike yesterday. A very uncomfortable start to the day but we have extra miles to make up from our weather shortened hike yesterday.
As we hiked, the wet plants crowding the trail would continually soak our legs and shoes. That lasted a few hours.
With the sun out, it seemed the people came out too. We encountered dozens of backpackers and, as we neared Hirricane Ridge, many more day hikers.
We climbed Grand Pass, which we were supposed to do yesterday, to glorious views back to Cameron Pass and the terrain we had struggled through. Then, it was on ahead over an unnamed pass up to Obstruction Point where all the day hikers were parked.
We were hoping to cover 27 miles today to get back on our itinerary but that's a lot in these mountains. At Obstruction Point, we got a pleasant surprise. The next few miles along Hurricane Ridge would be a gravel roadwalk. So, we chewed up the miles quickly as we enjoyed wonderful views of Mt. Olympus and the rest of range.
The last leg of the day's hike was up Hurricane Hill and then a 5000 foot decent to our camp at Altair where there just happens to be coverage so I'm catching up on these posts. We should finish our trek on Friday if all goes well.
Day 51: Close Call
I walked 43150 steps on the trail today.
I traveled about 16 miles today.
9/9/17 We woke to our first view of the Olympic mountains. It was cold but there was a beautiful sunrise shining on the mountains between high clouds and fog in the valleys. We had high hopes for a great day but it didn't go as planned.
The clouds and fog refused to burn off as we dropped from our Sunnybrook Meadows campsite down into a valley for many miles. The 100% humidity continued and the temperature fell as we climbed over Lost Pass in wind and driving mist. As we continued on to Cameron Pass, the wind picked up and so did the rain. High above treeline with no cover at all, we were buffeted relentlessly. We crested the pass and descended to sparce tree cover where we found a camp spot and set up. This was about 3pm, cutting our day and miles short. It took about 6 hours of rest in our smog, warm tent until my feet and hands felt warm again.
Our permit itinerary had us climbing over one more passand staying at a different campsite. With the extreme weather, that would have been very dangerous to attempt. Lucky for us, the ranger that stopped by around 5pm agreed with us.
We hit the southern most point of our trip today. Now we just need the western most at the very end. And, we had a couple pesky deer entertain us while we rested on our tent. Also, as night fell, the clouds blew out and the moon and stars were bright so there are high hopes again for tomorrow.
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Day 50: Fog and Clouds
I walked 48760 steps on the trail today.
I traveled about 21 miles today.
9/8/17 Our night was a soggy one with quite a bit of rain and even a couple flashes of lightning, but we were gone in our tent. We woke to drizzle that remained all morning and was replaced by fog and clouds the rest of the day.
We ran into a few groups of backpackers and saw occasional glimpses of views but mostly many miles of fog.
Buckhorn, Marmot, and Constance passes gave us a lot of exercise, climbing over 6000 feet up. Our camp tonight is up at 5500 feet.
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Day 49: Rain
I walked 51790 steps on the trail today.
I traveled about 23 miles today.
9/7/17 Today was much like the day we spent climbing up to the Pasayten Wilderness. We climbed over a mile in total, leaving houses and roads behind, but didn't really get to anything nice yet.
We had a challenge finding the right old road to start on, and wound up facing off against two pit bulls and talking to a very nice lady who wondered why so many hikers kept walking up the dead end road to her yard this summer. We were two of them! We told her about the PNT and that the maps make it look like the road to her house is the trail to take - and that we would let the PNT folks know.
Josh was successful in getting our permit to backpack through the Olympic National Park, and reservations at the six campsites we'll use. Tonight, we are just camped right on the trail since we're out in the middle of nowhere and there are no established sites.
At one rest break we took at a trailhead, three cyclists stopped by and asked for help in finding their destination. Fortunately, it was on our app and just down the road a few miles shoo we could help out. Other than that, we saw no one and just hiked and sweated in the higher humidity here on the peninsula. It did sprinkle a bit this evening and we're expecting real rain tomorrow and Saturday. >br> So, here's our camp for the night - no other pictures today because we just walked through forest.
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09/09/2017
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09/08/2017
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09/07/2017
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Feb 13, 2020 - Jason Berklund
Hey hiking dude I have several questions planning my first north to south trip
from 270 all the way down. I kind a know what to wear what to eat all that
important jive. I am in relatively good shape definitely Not concerned about
where in tear. 45 years old going with a 21-year-old nephew. My question is
I have friends in Duluth that I don’t want to burden with driving me what’s the
best way to get up to otter Lake Road that’s not gonna cost a crap ton. We
were thinking 15 miles a day. We were also thinking hammocks. Let me
know what you think please. I have read so much and look at so much and
heard so many opinions but You seem to be very realistic on your
comments. Thank you
Feb 13, 2020 - Hiking Dude
@Jason - Hammocks work fine - most campsites have lots of trees.
15MPD is realistic, and you'll probably do more than that many
days.
Getting to the northern terminus is expensive (in my mind). If you can schedule correctly, Arrowhead Transit is cheapest to Grand Marais, but then Harriet Quarles is the only shuttle I know of. You might find a good ol' boy in Grand Marais willing to drive you the 35 miles to the end for a few $$$.
It's a 3 hour drive from Duluth - that's 6 hours and 300 miles round-trip. Maybe your friend would like to drive up the north shore for a day.
Getting to the northern terminus is expensive (in my mind). If you can schedule correctly, Arrowhead Transit is cheapest to Grand Marais, but then Harriet Quarles is the only shuttle I know of. You might find a good ol' boy in Grand Marais willing to drive you the 35 miles to the end for a few $$$.
It's a 3 hour drive from Duluth - that's 6 hours and 300 miles round-trip. Maybe your friend would like to drive up the north shore for a day.
Feb 04, 2024 - John
Me and my fiance are going to Costa Rica for our honeymoon and we
are so excited!
May 02, 2024 - Zeke Mead
Has anyone cycled this Camiño? Sounds like the trail is a road
and if trucks are able to do it, maybe bikes too?
May 03, 2024 - Hiking Dude
@Zeke - Someone could certainly bike part of the Camino de Costa
Rica, but other parts are simple trail that would not be passable
by bike.
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