Day 5

19 Miles
A few hikers walked passed our tent in the morning, but we were still enjoying the shade from the bushes surrounding our spot. We rolled out around 8:15 and slowly made our way up through burnt trees. Along the way we passed by a couple of guys who were cutting up blowdowns. They had both hiked the trail before and gave us suggestions for upcoming stops in Washington. We continued on until we got to Russel Creek, which required some work to cross. Most of the miles today were working around Mount Jefferson. It’s incredibly tall and a few of the weekenders we passed yesterday would have been up there climbing it. I was happy to just be taking pictures of it from below. At the top of our own climb for the day we got our first glimpse of Mount Hood. For the second day in a row we ate lunch around 3pm and then worked our way down. The snow patches have been fairly easy to navigate, and I glissaded a couple of them. The rest of our miles were through burn area until we got to Olallie Lake Resort. They have a PCT Hiker area where we were the last ones to arrive. Marie was happy to get some fish tacos from a group staying at the resort who had made too much food. Whimsy was also camped there, and Carrot too.