9.5 miles of hiking • 1500' elevation gain •
So my 4th did not go entirely as planned. I had watched the weather all week for South Sister and It was looking pretty good so we decided that it what we would do on Saturday. Woke up Friday with a scratchy throat, not a good sign but I was hoping it was just a fluke and we headed out anyway. Woke up at 4:30 am on Saturday with plugged ears and swollen sinus passages and I knew my hopes of doing my first South Sister climb was not in the cards for the day. Didn't want to head home with no hike in so we went out to Todd Lake and took a slow, leisurely hike 5 miles into the Brokentop area. My ears were bugging me so we did not push it. So yesterday's hike was a backup plan and other than being disappointed I had to bail on my original plan, the day turned out to be okay. I mean who can be upset when they have all those beautiful mountains in view?
