26 Miles
Campsite Above Queener Basin
Last night was set up stealth camped along Warm Springs across the street from the RV park. I got up at the crack of dawn to charge my phone, get packing, and start roadwalking. We took off and went to Safeway at the edge of town to grab breakfast sandwiches. The road walk was relatively uneventful and as the sun rose the heat followed. After getting off Highway 1 and into the side road leading up to Storm Lake is when it really started baking...and grilling. While hiking up Spins' excellent sense of smell sniffed out grilling up ahead so we knew we were getting close to the lake. The lake has an access road and it being a Friday, it was a busy place. There were people setting up camp, hiking, fishing, but I saw no grilling so no opportunities to yogi up a hotdog or beer. We ate our lunches tucked away in the trees while the wind howled. The place is named storm lake for a reason.
Heading up to Storm Lake was fantastic because we rose back into the mountains. The road walking was getting rather dull so going over Stom Lake Pass was a nice change. Coming over the pass put us into high mountain country, the highest yet so far at around 9400 feet approx. the hiking and view were great and we were trucking some miles in. We caught up with flyboxer who camped in anaconda at the RV place with us and kept on moving until we found a stellar campsite and decided to call it a day. If the hiking stays like this for a while it'll be really wonderful because the Anaconda Pintler Wilderness so far has been really scenic.
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