TR: Piute Pass to Elba Lake and back 8/25-9/1 2024

[Kyri Freeman]

Farther up the thread from my Sierra hike would have been photos from my road trip to the PNW. Should be labeled but I may have missed a few. (As for the model horse hobby pictures, they should be in their own separate folder but who knows, they may have strayed...) The very glaciated peak is Liberty Bell in the North Cascades.

The first time I stayed at Golden Trout there was no marmot to be seen. The second time, I said out loud something like "it's weird that there's no marmot" and immediately I heard the piercing SQUEAK of a marmot. I was able to get a shot of him with Mt. Humphreys in the background. (I have no idea why Barrett seemed like the right name.) The White-tailed Jackrabbits are extremely skulky and shy, much more so than Black-tailed, so the only shots I could get were of just ears sticking up or the hare obscured by branches.

[c9h13no3]

Yes yes, we trail runners will die if we break a nail in the wilderness. Keep carrying that 40 pound pack.