When we woke up it looked like the wildfire on the ridge next to us had calmed down considerably overnight. With no reports of closure ahead, we decided to continue hiking around 8:30am. We walked mostly through rolling forest for the first half of the day and stopped for a lunch break on some rocks next to the pretty turquoise blue Agness Creek.
In the second part of the day the trail conditions started to deteriorate considerably. There was a lot of crashing through overgrowth and climbing over various sizes of blowdowns. The last 2.5 miles to camp was still brush crashing but with the added bonus of being steep and along a somewhat slippery hillside. It was not fun.
While looking down from the trail to a creek below us, I noticed trout swimming around and eating. These were the first fish we have seen along the trail. What luck! Jason finally had a chance to try his new tencara rod and caught several hungry little mountain trout.
We are camped on a flat spot midway up the hillside we've been climbing for the past 2 hours. It looks like there is still another 1800 ft of elevation gain to get to the pass at the top of this hill... uugh!
Hike Details ⬇️
📍PCT SOBO Mile 84.9 - 95.6
🥾10.7 miles
📈 3074 Ascent
🕘 5 hours
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