10 miles of hiking • 2000' elevation gain •
Last day of weekend and of my two week vacation, so we decided to head out on the PCT south to Sedum Ridge from NF-417. The rain was incessant and drenched us for most of the day. The rain coupled with hiking up a couple thousand feet (easy elevation though) left no piece of clothing untouched from moisture, including my new boots! We were well prepared but were still drenched like soaked rats. There used to be a nice wood walkway across one of the larger streams, but it wasn't there! Instead, its remains were cut up and in a clearing on the side of the trail. It must have collapsed or been assessed to be dangerous? Anyway, the crossing really doesn't need a bridge (at least for hikers, but horses probably do need) and is an easy rock hop! We met 6 PCT through hikers and all but one enjoyed the Oreo's we handed out. One hiker was in a hurry and was kind buy but focused and moving with a purpose. It was interesting that one gentleman was from Germany and one from Australia and a couple from Belgium! Very nice people!! They informed us that there were about 200 through hikers in Cascade Locks for the PCT days and waiting out the rain! We only had about 15 packs of Oreo's so that would have been unfortunate. It was really nice hiking in the rain and not worrying about air quality and fires! The sky cleared for a short time at the end of our hike and we met a lone PCT through hiker (Sunshine) trying to dry his tent on a fence near our car. We gave hime three packs of Oreo's but he didn't want any Powerade's we had in the car.
