August 2024

July 23-25; Mile 2624-2655 + 8 Day 35 At 10am – after two days of agonizing over smoke forecasts and trail closure maps and waiting for Highway 20 to reopen – my parents and I made the go/no-go decision for the section of trail that was open from Hart’s Pass to the Canadian border. I had planned months previously to meet them in Manning Park at the end of my journey, but now they were also going to drive me to Hart’s Pass the long way ‘round since Highway 20 remained closed for the