South Sister

Tough slog from moraine lake to summit south sister today! Very little wind and a beautiful day made it all worth it!

Our final hike for the challenge. Did bachelor the day before but our legs were feeling good and up for the challenge to complete the

This was my first time up. We started at 1:00 am in hopes of seeing some of the meteor shower and to beat the heat. 

Well I did it and under 7 hrs.,weather perfect. Some haze and smoke in the morning,but clear afternoon. Hard going up and harder going down.

We started well before sunrise and it was chilly enough for gloves and a puffy, but it was still incredibly hot on the descent. The

Started at 6 am. Mosquitoes so thick I could hear them buzzing all around. Fortunately they only landed if I stop which I rarely do.