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| Coon Lake |
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| Fall foliage |
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| Bridge Creek |
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| Getting water at Bridge Creek |
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| On the way to Hideaway Camp. I camped there together with Nightingail and Knutella, two extremely nice thru hikers. |
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| On the way up to Cutthroat Pass |
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| Cutthroat Pass |
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| Between Cutthroat Pass and Granite Pass |
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| The smoke from the eastern forest fires had become so dense in the valleys that it was actually a relief to be hiking at higher elevations. |
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| Behind Methow Pass |
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| Hiking along the West Fork Methow River valley |
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| Brush Creek I saw a bear going up this valley. |
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| After Glacier Pass |
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| The mountainside with the insanely many switchbacks (Somebody told me they counted them, but I forgot the number.) |
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| Fall colors |
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| Sunset behind the opposite mountain ridge |
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| Almost at the top of the switchbacks! |
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| Because I was climbing uphill faster than the sun was setting behind the mountain, I was in the sunshine again at the top of the ridge. |
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| Up on the ridge |
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| Pretty glowing larch trees |
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| This was not quite how I had expected northern Washington to be. |
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| On the way to Harts Pass |
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| Nothing like finding a sign like this on the trail to make you hike a little faster... |
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| Trail magic at Harts Pass, including food and live music. Thank you, Slick! |
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| Cold sodas! I could not tear myself away from that place... ;-) |
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| Fall colors in the Pasayten Wilderness |
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| Another hazy day... |
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| The Dark Mark! (For all you Harry Potter fans... ;-) ) |
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| Canyon Creek basin |
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| The weather was very strange. |
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| Approaching Rock Pass |
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| The famous "Do not attempt the abandoned trail shortcut unless you want to die on your very last day on the PCT" outlook to Woody Pass |
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| The fall colors were so pretty. |
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| Trail to Woody Pass |
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| Looking back |
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| On the other side of Woody Pass |
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| Tow-headed Baby, one last time... |
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| Shortly before Mountain Home Camp |
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| Hopkins Lake |
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| My last morning on the PCT! |
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| Camp at Hopkins Lake It felt so strange to go through all these "one last times" that had been part of my daily routine for over two and a half months. "This is the last time I will be making morning tea", "This is the last time I will be washing my hair in my little wash basin", "This is the last time I will be packing up my tent", ... |
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| Countdown marker to the border. Only five more miles! |
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| Considering we were in the U.S (and hopefully every hiker encountering this sign aware of this), wouldn't it have been more helpful information if they had included what was on the other side of the border, too?? |
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| Practice photo shoot four miles from Canada |
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| The border!!! |
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| And then there it was... the monument, and the end of the trail. |
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| I noticed the U.S. side did not have any corresponding welcoming signs... (Which is because you're not allowed to enter the U.S. via the PCT, of course.) |
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| My entry in the trail register (Yes, Robbus got a mention, too!) |
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| Somebody had left this inside the monument. |
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| Sometimes the 10-second timer on my camera didn't give me quite enough time to get all the way up to where I wanted. |
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