Sun Jun 24, 2018 @ 06:26

We climbed up and over Hope Pass today to make it into Twin Lakes.

Hope pass was a brutal climb, that was totally exhausting. It was made worse by the fact that 100 runners passed us on our way up, so we kept having to step aside to let them pass (even though we had right of way because we were going up, only 3 or 4 of them yeilded to us. So annoying).

It started snowing on us just as we climbed above tree line. It was the first time I had seen proper snowfall (it snowed lightly as we left camp that morning but really very little). It was so confusing! However, I strongly feel light Snow is better than rain to hike in now as you get so much less soggy.

It seemed to have stopped halfway down to town, so we sat down and ate lunch. Naturally the snow resumed as soon as we sat to eat, and then stopped as soon as we got up to keep walking.