Trail Detour

This huge shattered tree is laying across the trail. It's called blow down. While most of the trees laying across the trail are not this big, each presents a problem to be solved: over, under, or around. This section of the trail has lots of blow down. I counted 43 trees today that were laying across the trail. One area that was very difficult to even see the trail was caused by a snow avalanche during the winter. It was like being in a maze. Some trees fell across trail switchbacks which meant I hopped over the same tree 2-3 times. It slowed my progress a bit but so did the extreme amount of uphill hiking: 6,500 feet in one day. I'm 12 miles from Steven's Pass, where I will hitch 23 miles west on Hwy 2 to the town of Baring where I will resupply at a trail angel's house. When l leave Steven's Pass and begin hiking again, I'll only be 205 miles and one resupply away from Canada!