24 January 2011

17 Km (6.5 hours) Hiking

Our feet were aching and knees were throbbing, which meant what it usually means, that Gina had us on the return from a 10 mile, 3000 foot elevation gain hike.  The Alex Knob track was knobby indeed, from the rooty, rocky trail surface to the peak we zig-zagged up and around.  This was our view from the top:

Not much of a reward, but then again, here’s a bit of what we saw on the ascent, before we entered the cloud cover:

Glacier spotting is tough work.