Sunday, February 1, 2015

Familiar territory! Windigo Pass to Summit Lake

After spending the night at Windigo Pass, we headed north and into a portion of the PCT that I've hiked on many times in the past.  So it was nice to see familiar sights along the way.

Our first view of Big Marsh and Odell Butte - an area where I've spent many days fishing and birding over the past 40+ years.

Our last look back at Mt. Thielsen - where we were just a few days before.

Our first look at Cowhorn Mountain - Jim Carlson and I climbed it in a day from Timpanogas Lake on 22 August 2002.  Almost 12 years to the day!
A closer look at Cowhorn Mountain from the south.

Crescent Lake with Davis Lake in the background.

Diamond Peak and Summit Lake, our destination for the night.

Sawtooth Mountain with Amos and Andy Lakes.

An immature male Red Crossbill.  We had a number of Red Crossbills coming down to our fire pit at Summit Lake for trace minerals in the charcoal.  We also had Gray Jays (camp robbers) trying to get food during dinner, and one did grab some oatmeal from my bowl before I knew they were around in the morning.
Staying in the Summit Lake campground was quite different than what we were used to with all the activity of a campground along a road and on a lake.  It kept us entertained watching everything that was going on in the afternoon and evening, but it also made trying to sleep more difficult with all the noise.
We had another PCT hiker stay in our site and share our table, given that the campground was full.  He was trying to give us extra food that he didn't need because he was resupplying at Odell Lake the next night, but we didn't want any extra weight given that we were doing the same thing.

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