Day 145 - Climbing Our Way To Canada

Mile 2574.3 to Mile 2598.4 - 24.1 miles

Two days ago we lost a lot of elevation after dropping from Suiattle Pass. In typical PCT fashion we gained all that back again today. On the morning we climbed steadily to gain 2700 feet to 4882 feet at Rainy Pass (the weather luckily not living up to the name). This area is particularly remote so the North Cascades Highway 20 is the first through road we've had since way back at Stevens Pass

In the afternoon it was a further 2100 feet of climbing to 7000 feet before dropping back to our campsite at 6242 feet. The view from Cutthroat Pass (with the trail ahead) reminded us of the Southern Californian mountains

 Around the corner and it was even starker

Before the drop to Granite Pass we could see ahead to Tower Mountain which we skirted along on this side

Further on, Mt Hardy loomed with Methow Pass & 2600 mile marker in the morning. We've camped with a large High School group of "boisterous" 13 year olds.....interesting :-).
51 miles to the border......Weta