After being in town for a few days, it takes a few more days to get into the wake up early and hike schedule. That being said, the mornings hike was under the tree canopy and on a ridge so nothing terribly exciting. Near the end of the ridge, the trees opened up to a view of the massive Mt. Jefferson right in front of me. Looking at the map I saw that I hike right up to it then around the western base which was beautiful. My lunch spot was at Milk Creek, named after the milky grey glacial water coming off the mountain. After lunch I crossed over the glaciated Russell Creek which was a unique experience to walk over a glacial snow valley knowing that a river is rushing underneath you.
In the afternoon I hiked around and through the Jefferson Park area of the mountain which is a flat lake filled base of the western edge of the mountain which gave some pretty dramatic views of Jefferson while the sun was setting on it. As nightfall approached we hiked up the next ridge and planned on going down but in pitch black we saw snow/ice fields ahead going down and decided to tackle that challenge in the morning. Luckily there was a campspot on the top which provides some perfect stargazing for the night. Snowfields tomorrow morning how exciting!
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