{"id":8800,"date":"2024-08-15T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T03:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yetihikes.net\/wordpress\/?p=8800"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:16:20","slug":"pacific-crest-trail-day-143-devils-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yetihikes.net\/wordpress\/2024\/08\/15\/pacific-crest-trail-day-143-devils-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"PCT Day 143 \u2013 Devils Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Start: McMillan Park<\/p>

Finish: Hopkins Lake<\/p>

Daily Mileage: 28.7<\/p>

PCT Mile: 2648.9<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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I awoke still tired. We have been doing a lot of miles even if they were a bit easier for a couple days on the road. We are in something of a race to the finish to get done with the trail when my girlfriend is free to pick us up without waiting 4 more day somewhere until she is next available. Honeybun and I were also ready to finish the trail and move on. We\u2019ve been on it for 5 months, and the scenery just isn\u2019t getting new enough to continue spending much more time out here. I would rather come back at some point when I can appreciate it more.<\/p>

We had 18 more miles to reach the PCT and complete our 117 mile fire bypass. However, I knew this trail would be far more challenging than the PCT since it is lesser used and steeper. On the PCT 18 miles could be done by noon or so, but who knows what these miles of trail would have in store for us.<\/p>

We set out on a morning of damp, with the vegetation closely bounding and overlapping the trail heavy with condensation, immediately soaking our legs and shoes. We were enveloped in the clouds and couldn\u2019t see much, but it was a pleasant landscape with the eerie views disappearing into the mist.<\/p>

The trail did a series of steep ups and downs following along the Jackita Ridge, and we soon arrived at the old shelter at Devil\u2019s Park, mired in the thick clouds. Probably a nice open landscape but I couldn\u2019t tell this time. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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