PCT Day 114, 03 September 2022 (Saturday)
"This Should've Been All Downhill"
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Start Location: |
Cascade Locks Via Portland, OR |
Destination: |
Wilderness Campsite |
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PCT Miles Day 114: |
20.9 |
Cum PCT Miles: |
2,028.3 |
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Non-PCT Miles Day 114: |
0.6 |
Cum All Miles: |
2225.7 |
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PCT Miles Remaining: |
624.5 |
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Elevation Gain Day 114: |
5,791 |
Cum Elevation Gain: |
359,602 |
As I did when I started hiking Washington, I took the Columbia Gorge Express bus from Portland out to Cascade Locks. Again, I got a large soft-serve ice cream cone from Eastwind Drive-in. Then, I went to the post office to pick up my resupply box. As the postal clerk promised me yesterday, I knocked on the door and they, very nicely, retrieved my box for me.
Oregon is supposed to be the easiest state to hike on the PCT. But stats wise, today was as difficult, or even more difficult, than most days in Washington. The first 10 miles were very steep, and, thus, very hard. But, this isn’t Washington, that’s just what happens when you start out at near sea level. The trail today was much better than the vast majority of the trail in Washington. So, even though it was hard, the miles went by faster. Funny thing is, if I had been doing this part going northbound, as per my original plan, instead of southbound (SOBO), today would’ve been an easy downhill hike.
It was overcast and cool all day. It’s supposed to warm up tomorrow, I guess we’ll see.
A PCT monument and the Post Office in Cascade Locks
The Columbia River from the Oregon side of the PCT
Wahtum Lake
A nice view of Mt. Hood
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