16 Miles (Island Pass, Donohue Pass)
We started the day making our way up to 1000 Island Lake, which Marie is determined to make a joke about. We then climbed up a little more to Island Pass. There was a short drop down and then more climbing to Donohue Pass. We were racing the storm coming up the valley behind us. We got over and dropped down to just past the first lake when the skies opened up. We had rain jackets on, but needed to take shelter under some trees while it hailed on us. The storm broke up after about an hour and we continued on. Everyone we passed after the storm made some mention of it, seems everyone had a rough go of it. The trail became a shallow stream in many parts. We caught up to Buckees right before we stopped for the day. We hadn’t seen him since Muir Pass. In camp, we had some wet clothes, but enough dry to wear for the night.
PCT Hike 