{"id":8806,"date":"2024-08-18T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T03:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yetihikes.net\/wordpress\/?p=8806"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:13:50","slug":"pacific-crest-trail-day-146-shelly-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yetihikes.net\/wordpress\/2024\/08\/18\/pacific-crest-trail-day-146-shelly-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"PCT Day 146 \u2013 Shelly Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Start: Etna Summit<\/p>

Finish: Shackleford Trail<\/p>

Daily Mileage: 17.9<\/p>

PCT Mile: 1618.7<\/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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Though we got in late, we were awake early since our bodies were so used to it for the past few months, and Vicki also cooked us breakfast before we hit the long road to Etna. Though we were covering only 56 miles of trail, it was at least a couple hours to get from Seiad Valley to Etna Summit since there were big mountains in the way. We had been prepared to hitch, but it was amazing that Vicki volunteered to drive us the entire way, and it made it so easy since we were already dealing with challenging logistics to complete this section.<\/p>

We arrived at the trailhead and said our goodbyes. A mule team was just preparing to set out on the trail, so we hurried onto the trail to avoid disrupt them passing later on. I did my habitual taps on my pack to make sure my hipbelt pockets were zipped and water bottles present, and for the first time in forever, my water bottles were not there!<\/p>

Vicki had already taken off, but we went back to check that they didn\u2019t happen to somehow be in the parking lot. They were not, and I must have left them at Vicki\u2019s place after filling them. First time of the trip, and at a time when we were hiking a high ridge where I didn\u2019t want to drink any of the few water sources due to the recent use of fire retardants to help control the Shelly Fire.<\/p>

There was a hiker at the trailhead waiting for a ride into town, so I asked if she had any leftover water which she gave me. It was a liter and a half and I had been planning to carry more to clear the burn area, but it was what was available, so I just had to make due.<\/p>

We took off for the second time down well cleared trail that probably had a lot of recent traffic from fighting the fire. This was the start of the original fire closure, but we hiked for a surprisingly long time through good forest.<\/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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