Day 72: Into Etna
From mile 1575.6 to Sawyers Bar Road mile 1597.2 (Road to Etna) 21.6 miles today. Beautiful mountains. Very rocky, especially at the tops. Down a little lower sections of dense pine alternating with rocky scrub areas. I was driven to get to Etna today Read More
Day 71: Trinity Alps Wilderness
From mile 1553.4 to mile 1575.6 Today was a bit tougher than yesterday. A bit more climbs. Much more rocky footpath. By 4pm I had gone only 17 miles so I had to hike till 7. The trail entered the Klamath National Forest and Read More
Day 70: Lots Of Alpine Lakes
From Porcupine Lake mile 1528.8 to mile 1553.4 I made breakfast in bed this morning. Still in my bag, I made coffee and oatmeal just outside my tent. After breakfast I had to get up and hurry out into the woods away from the Read More
Day 69: Happy Feet
From Disappearing Creek mile 1508.6 to Porcupine Lake mile 1528.8 The morning started with a climb of about 3,000 feet (about 4,000 for the day). Thankfully most of it was not in direct sun as the next mountain blocked the sun for a period Read More
Day 68: Escape The Vortex
From Mt Shasta / Interstate 5 mile 1498.7 to Disappearing Creek mile 1508.6 I woke up this morning in a soft comfortable bed. I lounged in bed until 7, took a long shower and finally packed up. I went to the Bears Den Diner Read More
Day 67: Castle Crags & Mt Shasta
From West Trough Creek mile 1479.4 to Interstate 5 / Castella / Mt Shasta mile 1499.2 Bugs were out this morning so I skipped breakfast and hiked about 3 miles to Squaw Valley Creek and ate there. Next was a 2000 foot climb then Read More
Day 66: Beautiful & Hot
From Cold Creek 1455.6 to West Trough Creek mile 1479.4 I walked through 23.8 miles of beautiful mountains here in the Shasta Trinity National Forest today. I slept in and did not start walking until 7:00. I was surprised to find that Switchback (Anke, Read More
Day 65: Split Personality
From Clark Spring mile 1434.5 to Gold Creek mile 1455.6 Today had a split personality. The first half of the day was in pines, shaded and really pleasant. I was not soaked in sweat for a change. I took lunch at 11:30 and had Read More
Day 64: Shade
From Burney Falls mile 1416.5 to Clark Spring mile 1434.5 I was almost out of camp early, but didn’t make it. One of the other hikers, I can’t recall her name, offered me hardboiled eggs for breakfast. I had my pack on already but Read More
Day 63: Burney Falls
From Burney Guest Ranch mile 1406.2 to Burney Falls State Park mile 1416.5 It was really hard to leave the ranch today. There was a nice breakfast of biscuits and gravy, eggs, and waffles. All you could eat. After that another shower with no Read More
