CT Day 31: Magical Day in the San Juans

Daily Miles: 23.8, Total Miles: 436.6

I awoke to a drizzle at Little Molas Lake that lasted until about 6am. I had two cups of coffee and waited a bit, finally heading out at 8am to fog and mist over the lake and mountains.

This helped make for one of the more spectacular days on the trail. Beautiful scenery, sun bursting through the mist and visiting the headwaters of two creeks I have fished, Lime and Cascade Creek. There was new snow on the high peaks while crossing high mountain passes. I finally camped on a high ridge on the flank of Hermosa Peak. Wilson Peak and Lizard Head on one side and the San Juan Mountains on the other.

I got hailed on at the first pass and cool enough that I wore my rain jacket all day. Otherwise a partly sunny day.

Imagine my surprise when I got settled into my tent and cooking dinner that I had just enough Verizon reception to stream the in-progress Thursday night NFL game, the end to a magical day.