16 miles of hiking • 3750' elevation gain •
A glorious circuit over mixed terrain (mostly snow/ice above 4,000') from the Hummocks, past Coldwater Lake, under the brow of Coldwater Peak, up to the saddle for a look-see at St. Helens Lake and Large Marge, down to scare some elk to the Boundary Trail, rambling along the JRO ridge back down to the Hummocks. It was a short sleeve and SPF 50 kind of day. Carried snowshoes, but only used MicroSpikes. Perfect as perfect could be, except for blowing out both heels on my favorite socks from Sweden and realizing that my partially broken camera was now fully broken.
