Today was mostly good but it ended which such horrible mosquitos that it is difficult to remember the good parts.
I awoke before my alarm at the Summit Inn and got up to have a shower and pack everything. I also ate the breakfast I had bought the day before.
After this I checked out and headed back to the trail. The trail today had 2 big climbs and was generally more rocky and rough than what I have become used to.
Climbing up the rocky trail
After the first climb out of Snoqualmie Pass I hiked in a beautiful area with good views but very rugged trail.
Small lake after the climb out of Snoqualmie PassRough rocky trail
Until about lunch the trail was like this and very beautiful. Sadly then it descended into forests and I only had occasional views. Still no mosquitos though. I actually had no mosquitos until about 1 hour before camp where I came upon some of the worst mosquitos I have experienced. This was late in the day but I pushed on a bit up a climb in hope of fewer mosquitos.
Waterfall where I had lunchGood views at the top of the second big climb
The camp I ended up in did have fewer mosquitos but still enough to make setting up camp and eating miserable.
Beautiful lake in forested valley
Tomorrow I hope to reach Steven’s Pass and pickup my package while they are open. I am not sure when they close.
My name is Martin Caspersen, I live in the very flat scandinavian country of Denmark. Most of my life I have lived just north of the capital (Copenhagen), I have however lived a short while in Brisbane, Australia.
I have a big love for being outdoors. In my day-to-day life most of my time outdoors is spent running where I generally try and push for distance over speed. When I get a chance what I really like to do is to go hiking. In particular I like hiking in mountainous and generally strenous terrain. Until 2018 my hiking experience waslimited to somewhat shorter trips with the highlights being a 4-day hike in New Zealand and a thru-hike of the GR20 on Corsica.
In 2018 that changed as I thru-hiked the PCT, the Pacific Crest Trail, in the US. I have dreamed about thru-hiking the PCT ever since I first heard about it in 2011. The thru-hike was an amazing experience.
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