April 29, 2017

Total miles: 14.3 miles (2.7 mile roadwalk, 2.6 mile Devil’s Slide trail, 3.2 miles PCT, 5.8 miles up and down San Jacinto)

Start: Idyllwild

End: mile 185.7

Total elevation gain/loss: 5717.6/2066.9ft

Today kicked my butt. The mileage may not be as high as some of our other days, but it was a tough one.

We left the comfort of our awesome cabin by 6:30. First up was the road walk to get us to the Humber Park Trailhead. With my pack heavy with 5.5 days of food and microspikes, I quickly dumped out one of my bottles of water. The guys at the outfitters said there was a faucet at the trailhead, so why carry the extra 2 pounds?

We saw a couple yeti crossings.

Only one hiker crossing though.