I had an amazing weekend, I’m so happy spring is finally here. It’s so freeing to carry everything you need on your back and be completely surrounded by nature. I feel so much safer alone in the middle of the forest than camping along forest roads. I’m considering this spring training while the Cascades are still covered in snow. This trail is ideal for that.
A few more photos and some spring training stats to finish out the trip. Very happy with how this trip turned out. Will probably be back out on this trail soon as I wait for the snow to melt in the Cascades.
40 hour trip
17:35 hours hiking
39.17 miles (63.04 km.)
9,707 feet elevation gain (2,959 m.)
6,239 active calories burned
30ish pound backpack (13.61 kilos)
Jumped back on the trail last night and camped along it. Not a soul came by my camp. Up on Kings Mountain now. Most likely going to check out some stealth campsites around Elk Mountain next. Feels amazing to be out in nature.
On Saturday I did over 6,200 feet of elevation in under 18 miles. I was very tired at the end but I was rewarded by staying for the first time at a secret campsite I found a year or two ago. It’s above the official end of the Elk Creek trail on the right. No marked path but once you make it through the brush there is a forest road that leads to it. Pretty nice and private.
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