Setting out at 4am for a big climb out of Belden. Temperatures were topping 100 degrees that week so I did a lot of the big climbs in the dark.
Officially in the Cascades.
Days and days of walking through the burn zone of the 2021 Dixie Fire.
Some trail magic including a beautiful Newfoundland named Penny.
Halfway!!!
Hiker hostel in Chester, CA.
Sulfur pond in Lassen National Park.
One of the many cool ranger stations you pass on trail.
Subway Cave in Lassen National Park. A 1/3 mile long lava tube.
Storm cloud rolling in.
A wild land firefighting crew on top of a ridge looking for lightning strikes.
Sighting Mount Shasta way in the distance.
More meadows.