What an amazing trip! Day one we went up to Cispus Basin and made camp, and then took a side hike up to the pass. Tons of cute marmots and only a handful of other campers. Day two we went to the alpine junction and dropped our packs, then went up to old snowy (my friend crossed the snowfield, I elected to sit and marvel at the three volcano view!) we reunited and went back to our packs then over to Goat Lake- this was tough for me with the heat and fully exposed trail with minimal shade but I made it! We splashed in the lake and made camp with no one else around (a few other campers came in by nightfall.) In the morning we woke to a valley hazy with wildfire smoke and then hiked down goat ridge to berry patch and took the connector back to the snow grass parking lot.
Some of the Larches are starting to turn and the wildflowers are mostly past their bloom but there were patches of June amidst the September and a few blueberries! Lots of industrious Pika and chipmunks but no goats on this trip. Truly an amazing adventure!
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