10.2 miles of hiking • 2250' elevation gain •
Another PCT adventure! We parked on NF-68, about 3 miles NE on the PCT from Panther Creek. We immediately met the PCT hiker ICYHOT at our car and gave him a couple packs of Oreo's. It seems his name was from almost freezing in the California Mt.'s and then needed to be re-hydrated in a hospital after being dehydrated in a desert! We only saw two other PCT section hikers the remainder of the hike. However, we were surprised by four Trail Angels setup at our parking area when we returned to our car! They were handing out beers and we gave them the remaining partial box of Oreo's to hand out! Very nice people and we talked with them a while. One gentlemen had hiked the entire PCT (The Animal) the year before. He had also hiked most of the CDT during one summer before that! It was nice to see a somewhat wet forest floor and cool windy conditions for most of the hike. No smoke in the area during this hike!
