A holiday miracle! Today, I bagged Mount Wilson, my sixth of the ORIGINAL Six-Pack of Peaks, before the end of the 2020 challenge. Because of the Bobcat Fire closure zone, there had been a lot of uncertainty as to which trails to the summit (if any) would re-open between September 2020 and the end of the year. Many are slated to be closed through 2022! Fearing that I wouldn’t find a way to complete Wilson before December 31, I climbed two official alternates and finished the challenge in the interim. But! The completionist in me found a way. Crazy to see everything covered in the red fire retardant dropped towards the top. And we had the ENTIRETY of the summit to ourselves (although the gate to the Observatory remains locked).