April 30, 2017

Total miles: 20 miles

Start: mile 185.7

End: faucet at mile 205.7

Total elevation gain/loss: 738.5/7937.7ft

We slept in a bit this morning because we didn’t want to hit the snow on Fuller Ridge too early.  We’d heard that it was best to let the snow and ice soften a bit and I was glad to oblige.  Despite feeling utterly exhausted last night, I had a difficult time sleeping.  It probably didn’t help that we were camped on a bit of a slope.  Oh well.

Snow patch leading up to creek crossing.  You could see where someone had slid down in the snow… into the creek.

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