The clocks moved forward an hour last night, and clouds had moved in.
We were up by 7:30 and as I tried to heat up water for oatmeal the fuel canister died. We both had enough water for the hike out, but I missed the warm breakfast. By 8:30 we were hiking.
I was wearing both socks again, and also put on new moleskin (I used all the moleskin I took on the hike). We followed the ridge as far as we could before turning towards the road. The views were outstanding.
It was a challenge to walk across a slope because of the blister on my left foot, and my right ankle was feeling sore, so we decided to just walk straight down from the ridge. This was easy since we had snowshoes. This time I kept looking at Strava to see our exact position relative to the road.
By 10:00 we found the road and took the snowshoes off for the hike to the car. The clouds cleared and we had good weather, but the last portion of the hike was uphill. Along the way a Ranger asked for our permit and informed us the lower gate would be locked next Sunday and the lifts at Badger Pass would stop running. He said the park may be closing Badger Pass early to plow the road in an effort to speed up the construction. We were happy to see the trails for Dewey Point because that indicated the rest was downhill. We arrived at the car by 1:00, Jim was very pleased because he predicted we would finish by 1:00.
Strava had us at 9.2 miles and 840 feet of elevation gain.
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