HILLS HURT, COUCHES KILL hiking log

It was fine. Pretty flat until just below the lake in the burn

You'll have to ford the river just past Pete Lake but its not a big deal

 

I was actually right back up on that same hike yesterday haha. Wanted to bring another buddy who's never been there..



The meadow area in the burn is really green and pretty right now with flowers and ferns everywhere

 

had same thing happen on Mt Humphreys in Flagstaff, Az a few years back

oxygen thief instagram ding dong got rescued twice in two days

A SAR friend of mine said unofficially he was told there wouldn’t be a third rescue

 

Sweet! Hopefully it won't be too high/fast since they are calling for some rain Friday night and Saturday. If anything, I'll just post up at Pete Lake. I was originally planning to go there, but a buddy at work talked me into sending it up to Spectacle.

 

Quick 6 miles up the Miller River. Wide flat trail, just wanted to get the dog out for a bit since we were out of town for a week


He knows where we're going

 

Waptus River to Waptus Lake
22 miles







Saw a mama Brown Bear and cub, across a meadow about 40 yds away heading off in a different direction. Mama bear was actually quite large..

 

I don't think it was a grizzly. I'm reading Black bears can be brown or "cinnamon" sometimes. She didn't have a pronounced hump between the shoulder blades. Still pretty big and I'm glad they were minding their own business

 

You'd know if it was a grizzly. Those things are the size of hippos.