Wednesday August 31, despite less than ideal weather, we loaded our packs and headed for Gridwood, Alaska. A very lite rain was falling as we reached the trailhead for Crow Pass. Undeterred we donned raingear and hiked the 3 + miles and 2000 feet elevation gain to reach the new forest service A frame cabin. There we were greeted by John and Vicky, who had overnighted Tuesday hoping to climb a nearby peak. Unfortunately, the rainy cloudy zero visibility weather had kept them inside the cabin. As it looked doubtful that any real clearing weather would occur, they decided to hike down during a lull in the rain leaving Nancy, Champ and I the sole occupants for the night. They did leave us a supply of kerosene for the oil stove for which we were grateful.
Thursday morning started out with lots of ground level cloud cover. We enjoyed a leisurely breakfast and relit the stove. By the time we finished reading the books we hauled in, the clouds had lifted and we enjoyed nice weather as we hiked out.
Wednesday August 31, despite less than ideal weather, we loaded our packs and headed for Gridwood, Alaska. A very lite rain was falling as we reached the trailhead for Crow Pass. Undeterred we donned raingear and hiked the 3 + miles and 2000 feet elevation gain to reach the new forest service A frame cabin. There we were greeted by John and Vicky, who had overnighted Tuesday hoping to climb a nearby peak. Unfortunately, the rainy cloudy zero visibility weather had kept them inside the cabin. As it looked doubtful that any real clearing weather would occur, they decided to hike down during a lull in the rain leaving Nancy, Champ and I the sole occupants for the night. They did leave us a supply of kerosene for the oil stove for which we were grateful.
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