After starting the day by doing Belknap I was pretty tired getting going on Black Crater. Amazingly though I didn’t start up until around 9 I had the place to myself. The hike was long and fairly strenuous. But not too bad overall. The trail was in good condition. I was very happy to reach the top since it meant I had finished the COSPoP!!
I spent probably 20-30 minutes at the top taking pictures and celebrating. I still had the place to myself. It was glorious. It was very cool to be able to see all of the other summits (except Sutton) from my final one. I did finally see people about 15 minutes after leaving the top. And passed quite a few more on the way down. So my timing was pretty good.
Happy to have completed the challenge!! So what’s next?
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Congratulations! So what is your next adventure?
Thanks! Not sure on the next adventure. Definitely going to squeeze in a few more fall hikes. I might take the doggo and camp at Ochoco Forest Camp and do Lookout from the lower trail one weekend. If Maiden opens back up I might try to do that one since I missed out and had to do the alternate. If the weather holds out until after Oct 15 I might try to do South Sister again since it was a bit smoky when I went up. I would love to make a trip over to do Sacajawea before the snow sets in, but I don’t know that I will be able to make that one. Once winter hits I plan to do a bunch of snowshoeing.