Rush Creek trail to Ediza Lake trail, 8400ft elevation.
Today we traveled: 9.4miles 1578ft elevation gain 2162ft elevation loss.
JMT mile marker: 48.5mile.
Today’s trail portion was lots of ups and downs in between some amazing lakes all with the mighty Banner mountain in the background. First we got to Island pass with its photogenic lake, perfect for a breakfast stop. Then we cruised by 1000 island lake, Emerald lake, Rubi lake and Garnet lake. All were just as beautiful as I imagined with clear water and green and black rock.
After an impressive downhill we reached our camp site and ran to the river (Shadow creek) - couldn’t strip down fast enough. After 5 days we stink!!
We reached camp early and were glad for it. Hoping this extra time resting today will help us push on in the next few days. We have big climbs ahead of us.
Wild life sighting: a grouse mama and 3 chicks. We got to see them up close and personal. They didn’t seem to be afraid.
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