Day #26 (83)-Marching towards the grizzly gate. Miles hiked: 29.9

After retrieving my belongings from the luxuriously secure bear box this morning, it was off to finish the “approach” to the Wind River mtns. However, it’s getting harder to get out of my cocoon of a sleeping bag as the first nip of fall is in the air. Check out the frost!

I have zero complaints about the hike today as the terrain was rolling and the views expansive.

Bonus points if you can name this mountain range spotted in the distance: 

Theoretically, the end goal of my day was to reach Gunsight Pass, the unofficial end of grizzly country. It even boasts a gate that hikers joke keeps the bears out south of here. That is absolutely not entirely true, and I will keep my spray and remain vigilant…even found some Grizz tracks right by the gate haha.

However I also found another hiker today! Meet Switchback who comes to the CDT all the way from Israel. So wonderful to have company to moo at cows with. 

More of the Winds tomorrow!