17.5 miles of hiking • 3500' elevation gain • 1 night
Hiked to Horseshoe Meadow on PCT, and then off-trail to about 7,250' on the mountain. Real summer weather, almost too warm - a nice change after a few rainy weeks. Ran into a group of 3-4 mountain goats rounding a corner onto a snowfield, but they really afraid of hunters up there, immediately ran behind the rocks and scattered each other way - only could take pic of one from far away. Burned section of forest has huckleberry and mtn. ash carpets which were really bright with autumn yellows and reds.
