8 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain •
Very cool day with temps. in the high 40's. This is a nice forested portion of the PCT and the trail fairly flat with easy grading. We met 9 PCT through hikers and 1 section hiker. We talked for a bit and we wished them well. Steamboat Lake is beautiful and we met 2 fisherman that gave us info about the Mt. Adams Wilderness fire that was sparked by lightning last night. We also bushwacked to an unnamed lake just past Steamboat Lake, which was very nice.
