13 miles of hiking • 2750' elevation gain •
Same hike as 3 days before, this time I took my mom for her second time in Goat Rocks (1st time this year). Met some frozen backpackers with everything on (as we headed with t-shirts) and they said it was outright miserable a day before - rain, wind and cold! Once we got to Snowgrass Flats, we could see flowers really got a beating from the weather. It also became pretty cold, esp. towards 7,100' on PCT, so gloves and winter coats been in order. It's been no more than upper 30's up there, and I wondered if it will snow that night. In fact, when I checked a forecast that night, it said snow/rain mix for the next day. We've been lucky to see the last of flower show this year. We did skip Packwood glacier viewpoint (socked in clouds) and a detour to Goat Lake.
