Day 105 - OCTOBER

October 1st

13.8 Miles

Mirror Lake Campground

This morning was freezing...literally. The tent was frozen with condensation and it took a while to get going. The beginning of the morning was a river crossing (which both of our feet stayed dry!) and then bushwhacking through willow to the trail. Unfortunately our feet got wet and really cold during that. The trail itself was nice and graded and wide today and sporadically covered in snow and ice in the shaded spots. It was a uphill kind of day and slow going. The morning and early afternoon were spent in the trees and when we broke out into exposed area of was actually kind of warm! The trail turned into ATV track and we followed up the hill where we startled  this guy:

Luckily he was busy munching and not charging us. The hills continued to exposed beautiful views:

This afternoon was another great day and we spent the rest following ATV track down to the lake you see above you to camp for the night. We ended a bit early to camp a little lower and have a pass in the morning and more jeep road walking to do in the afternoon. We'll be able to pick more miles up tomorrow, assuming we get up early enough.