Day 141 - Wednesday, September 15

Tenting on an intermittently windy ridge (mile 2632.3). Walked 27.2 miles today.

We woke up to a bit of blue sky outside the tent this morning and after packing up, hiked into mostly sunny skies.

We had a big climb this morning, but fantastic views on the way up.

We even saw some of the larch trees beginning to change color.

We wound around several mountains, the sun shining the whole time and eventually got to a trailhead where we ate lunch and set our things out to dry.

It would have been pleasant had it not been for the constant wind making things chilly. After a short lunch (and dry gear), we started off again and immediately ran into Hocus Pocus. We chatted as we hiked the next 2 miles together to Hart's Pass. This is the final road that we'll cross before reaching Canada. We signed the trail register and Frank and I hiked ahead to try to make it another 9 miles to camp.

The terrain through this section was fairly easy and the views fantastic - huge mountains, open meadows - just the kind of thing I came out here to see.

After a few ups and downs, we arrived at our campsite for the night and set up. The wind is blowing and gusting very strongly (testing the quality of my tent pitch) and the temperature is dropping quickly. We expect tonight to be one of our coldest nights on the trail and are sharing a tent to stay warm. Tomorrow, we go to Canada!