Mount Wilson

Started at 4:30 AM in the dark, needed headlamps for an hour to an hour and a half. Saw a brown bear pop its head

Had a great time going up in the early morning. Wore headlamps for about 90 minutes, with a notable temperature drop as we got higher.

Well, what a day. Last night we made a quick trip to REI and glad we did. I impulsively bought a new daypack with a

Very hard trail, steep and nearly 16 miles round trip. There were a few trees across the trail, but nothing you could not deal with.

As advertised, this is just a relentless trail through some spectacular canyon scenery.  For comparison’s sake, the South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon is

Really good challenge, by the end of the uphill you’re praying for some downhill and halfway through the downhill you’re kinda missing the uphill. Great