Well folks, that’s it, I’m done with the Superior hiking trail! The last few days were just nice hiking, nothing significant or noteworthy really happened, I was just chugging along enjoying my forests!
So overall, I really enjoyed this trail, it’s a very pretty walk through lovely forests. However, I would never walk it during the summer again, if I was ever going to hike this again it would absolutely be at the end of September/early October to get the fall colors. I’m guessing that at that time of year this trail would change from nice/lovely to absolutely spectacular! Who knows, maybe I’ll come back someday and find out 😉
The view from Pincushion mtnIt was very rare to see actual open spaces on this trail! This is the ONLY part of the trail that actually goes along the lake! We get 1 mile of beautiful lake walking and then it’s right back up to the hills 🤷♀️This is the Devil’s Kettle, because the waterfall on the left seems to disappear into that cavern. Where does the water go? WHERE DOES IT GO?!? Highest point! A huge 1829 feet!! 🤣My last campsite on the SHT. It was probably the worst campsite I’ve ever had (at least in a very long time). The actual campsite was full of a group of teenage boys who had taken up every single spot, so I had to grab this horrible little site. I guess it worked for a night, but I was not a happy thru hikerThe trail ends at what they call the “270 degree overlook”, and it is a very lovely spot to end the trailHanging out at the end of the trail, contemplating life 🙃
We’re getting close to the end! The past couple of days on the trail have actually been rainy, that’s really the first time this entire summer that I’ve had to hike in the rain, which is pretty amazing! Otherwise it’s just been a lot of lovely beach walking and meeting new friends. There was one…
Finished with the sunshine coast trail! Well, as much of it as I can do, I had to bail out a little early so I could get down to Bellingham to visit a friend before I start the superior trail. Turns out the group I was hiking with likes to sleep in, take long lunches,…
Well, there’s not a whole lot to mention, I’ve just been cruising along and trying to enjoy as much of the ocean as I possibly can. I saw whales and Depoe Beach, tide pools all over in Yachats, harbor seals near Waldport (and then again all along the coast, they kept popping up!). It’s just…
I had a fantastic time in Mammoth, I basically laid in my hotel bed with the air conditioning blasted and watched YouTube videos as long as I possibly could…. it was amazing 😍 Today I’m heading back up to the trail, there’s a bus that goes from Mammoth -> Red’s Meadow, so I’ll be on…
So far everything has been incredible, this trail does not disappoint! It’s been a nice combination of beach walking and lovely hikes through dense forests. I’ve managed to successfully avoid most of the hwy 101 walking (but not entirely). For example, yesterday I took a “ferry” across Nehalem bay/river (the ferry was a small fishing…
I was ready to be done with the horribleness of California, but I wasn’t ready to be done with the PCT, so I compromised and decided to downgrade myself from “thru-hiker” to “section-hiker”. So I jumped up to Cascade Locks to hike Washington. Both the Sierras and Washington are some of the absolute best hiking…
