Saturday, October 07, 2006

Mile High Climb

67 miles, 8.1 mph, 4760' elevation gain
(Winthrop to Diablo Lake, WA)



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Highlights: climbing 3,300 feet in 18 miles, crossing Washington Pass (5,475' elev.) & Rainy Pass (4,855'), dropping 3,700 feet in 28 miles, camping with 5 Jesuit volunteers

Journal: [to come]


~27 miles to the top (west of Winthrop)


~23 miles to the top (east of Mazama)


~18 miles to the top (~2,200' elev., west of Mazama)


~10 miles from the top (~3,600' elev.)


~2 miles from the top (~5,000' elev.) looking back down


Almost to the top! (~5,400' elev.)


Washington Pass!


View from the overlook


On the way down (west of Washington Pass)


Rainy Pass - all downhill from here!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

John,

Looks like the weather was MUCH more cooperative for your conquest of Washington and Rainy passes. I had 41 deg and rain at the top. Where did you stay on descent from Passes?