2026 PCT Day 6, 20 August 2026 (Thursday)
Overall PCT Day 122
"Slow Start, Fast Finish"
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Start Location: |
Marten Lake, Mi.1615.5 |
Destination: |
PCT Mi.1643.1 |
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PCT Miles Day 117: |
27.6 |
Cum PCT Miles: |
2196.6 |
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Non-PCT Miles Day 117: |
0.7 |
Cum All Miles: |
2397.7 |
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PCT Miles Remaining: |
449.7 |
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Elevation Gain Day 117: |
3490 |
Cum Elevation Gain: |
386,073 |
Today was a slow
start with hard trail. After how good I
was feeling yesterday, I was hoping to keep the momentum going this
morning. But the trail doesn’t always accommodate
you.
I
saw a lot more SOBO PCTers today. I must
be near the middle of the pack of these hikers that are going the opposite
way. There was also lots of intermittent
bushwhacking…again.
Part
of the section that I hiked today has a reputation for being horrible for tree blow downs. There were in fact a lot of blow downs;
someone counted over 300. It still wasn’t
that bad compared to other parts of the PCT. Still though more than
a few took a little bit of effort to get over, under or around. What made it worse was all the bushwhacking and
sloppy trail.
Although
the day started off slow, and I was delayed probably by about 30 minutes with
all the downed trees, I did have a fast finish and get a few more miles in today than I had thought I
would.
My
tent site is right next to a well flowing seasonal creek, so there is good
white noise tonight.
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| Sunrise view |
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| Day 5 campsite |
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| Man Eaten Lake in Marble Mountain Wilderness |
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| Marble Mountains |
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| Scenery from the trail |
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| More scenery from the trail |
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| Buckhorn Spring, a surprisingly good source of water |
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| There were many blowdowns today, but fortunately, all of them were fairly easy to get by |
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| Pacific Dogwood |
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