Saturday, August 11, 2018

Bearfence Mountain

My meetup group joyfully store a wonderful day out of gloomy weather forecast to hike the Bearfence Mountain of 14.5 miles (23 kms) with 3400 feet (1000 meters) elevation gain. A few of us left phones/camera in the cars due to thunderstorm forecast, yet I brought mine. The weather was a little humid but not a single drop of rain. A lot of stream crossings required water shoes, but I just wore my new quick-dry light hiking boots as water shoes; however, I miscalculated at the last stream crossing (later learned one hiker broke ankle here) and slipped off one rock, and ripped open a 3-week old worn on my right knee. We saw a big and noisy rattle sake on the trail.









No comments: