14 miles of hiking • 2000' elevation gain •
Exceptional clear day with fantastic coolish weather. We wanted to connect to the Stagman Ridge trail that we had done before. We don't typically do this distance in one day but were feeling great, so we continued to Horseshoe Meadows area for a great view of Mt. Adams! The mosquitos were active above the 5300ft elevation where we first saw snow. Several groups were hiking the area and one indicated that they had seen about 5 PCT through hikers! That's amazing since my understanding is the pack is in the neigborhood of central Oregon, but please correct me if you've heard otherwise as this information is sketchy?
