Berries everywhere! We did a 2 night overnight from the North Fork Trailhead. After spending the first night at the campsite of the first river crossing, we packed up in the morning and headed uphill, through the wildfire smoke, reaching dishpan gap about 11am. A steady stream of northbound PCT hikers, and a brief rainshower, lightened our mood as we made our way south from dishpan, past lake sally ann, and down to to cady pass, and then back down pass creek, all in all a 12 mile day.
Overnight showers and thunderstorms got everything wet and dampened our enthusiasm to take on more miles on day 3, so we hiked back down to the trail head after helping ourselves to a few liters of ripe huckleberries around camp.
A beautiful area! Road was in good condition with only a few potholes to slow down for. We counted a dozen treefalls across the trail, but nothing too exciting or inconvenient. The sky and pass creek trails were in good shape but lightly trafficked, especially when compared to the 20+ hikers we saw during our few miles on the PCT. The berries were unbelievably thick from about 4000ft up. Yum!
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