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Ron & Julie "Snowplow & Rubber Legs" Cluster
City: Eugene
State: OR
Country: USA
Begins: Apr 12, 2009
Direction: Northbound
Daily Summary
Date: Tue, Aug 4th, 2009
Start: Berkeley Camp at Echo Lake, CA
End: Showers Lake, CA - 8677 ft
Daily Distance: 11
Trip Distance: 657.1
Hours Hiked: 5.5
Daily Ascent: 3215
Daily Descent: 2269
Min Elevation: 7233
Max Elevation: 8990
Entry Lat: 38.74306
Entry Lng: -120.03419
Max Temp: 69
People Met: 8
Journal Stats
Entry Visits: 578
Journal Visits: 94,654
Guestbook Views: 34,232
Guestbook Entrys: 123
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Our cabin at Berkeley Camp
Showers Lake
We finished charging the batteries, got everything packed, filled our water bottles and were finally on the trail at 10:00am. The first couple of miles were a gentle climb up to Hwy 50 but then the steepness increased a lot for the next 4 miles. The trail was more like a scramble over big granite rock in some areas. Sometimes there were steps made out of rock, other areas were just decomposed granite that would slide under your feet if you weren't careful. It took us at least 4 hours to make it those 4 miles. Near the top we stopped to eat part of our dinner and Glen from Newport Beach caught up to us. We had met him a few days ago and he is doing the Sierra southbound just as we are. He takes a month off each year to do this same hike and he knows the trail really well. He thinks the climb southbound out of Echo Lake, the part we just did, is one of the toughest climbs on the PCT. I guess we'll see.
Ron & Julie On The PCT - 2009
The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is a 2,650-mile national scenic trail that runs from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and Washington. The PCT traverses 24 national forests, 37 wilderness areas and 7 national parks. The PCT passes through 6 out of 7 of North Americas ecozones. Learn more: www.pcta.org
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