Day Five...


Destination: Benson Hut
Miles: 13.5
Gain: 5,427'
Drop: 5,302'

    Well-treaded trails over beautiful passes, through lush canyons made the fifth day more scenic and enjoyable than most other days. Remaining snow-packs on the North side of the mountain faces kept the trail from us at times. In extreme cases, we found ourselves scrambling over steep rock and snow inclines and taking cover from the afternoon thundershowers.

Above: Looking North towards Donner Summit from Anderson Peak.