Bob and Rick, with Gene and Bob’s daughter Morgan, continued their quest to do the Washington PCT by backpacking 135 miles in 11 days with resupplies at the end of Days 3 (White Pass) and 6. The group started where Rick and Bob exited two years ago: The Nannie Ridge trailhead at Walupt Lake in the Pinchot National Forest, rejoining the PCT at Sheep Lake.

Snow presented no obstacles, unlike two years earlier. In fact, the trip included a luxury (shower, bed and restaurant) stop at Crystal Mt. Resort to resupply and send Morgan home for her 2nd year at college, with the price a 4-mile round trip off the PCT with 1600’ of vertical both ways. Otherwise, highlights were spectacular walks in the Goat Rocks, William O. Douglas, and Norse Peak Wilderness, almost constant views of Mt. Adams and Rainier (close up), and endless fields of Lupine early in the trip and blueberries and huckleberries most of it.

Pictures at https://photos.app.goo.gl/ApWCtcb8NiiGE76V9