January 10, 2025 14:55.At the Devil’s Den (Lower Pilot) Trail junction

At the Devil’s Den (Lower Pilot) Trail junction

At the Devil’s Den (Lower Pilot) Trail junction. Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

The Pilot (Tower) Trail is straight ahead and should be easy to follow from here on. I stopped to re-secure my camp shoes that had come loose and to brush some of the accumulating snow off my pack.

It took me an hour and a half to get here, compared with just an hour to hike the same trail yesterday.

My back was wet, which meant my down jacket was also soaked. I wasn’t sure if some snow had got in under my rain jacket or if it had a leak somewhere. I couldn’t do anything about it on the trail. Wet down is next to useless, I was now one insulation layer out, my Merino wool shirt was damp, and I didn’t have a replacement. My thoughts went to the spare Bass Pro base layer top I decided to leave behind… Oh well, it is what it is. Body heat will dry the shirt, and it will be much warmer tomorrow.

Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

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