Day 147 - The End Is Nigh

Harts Pass to Mile 2643.7 - 24.2 miles

The end certainly is nigh with the Canadian border a mere 6.4 miles away. That means Tiptoe & I should hit the border sometime after 9.00 am tomorrow morning. That's not the end of the walking though as the crossing is in the middle of nowhere & we need to hike 8.8 miles to get to Manning Park Lodge. I've chosen to go in to Canada rather than return along the trail to Harts Pass. We met 6 or so hikers doing the return trip today.
We made good progress today on sporting terrain with a few hearty clubs. We are now in the Pasayten Wilderness with the trail going up, down & across a number of passes - Buffalo, Windy, Foggy, Jim, Holman, Rock & Woody. On the climb out of Harts Pass a snowy peak came in to view out west - Mt Baker I presume which is apparently visible from Vancouver

Further along we could see our big climb up to Rock Pass - just to the right of Powder Mountain

We encountered a mule train on the climb up to Rock Pass that had dropped off some trail workers & their gear

As the train headed back down the trail it had Shull Mountain as a spectacular backdrop

At Rock Pass we could see the trail ahead across to the "v" of Woody Pass

Our last climb up to 7200 feet at Lakeview Ridge gave us a great view looking backwards as the trail avoided Three Fools Peak

Looking north - somewhere up there is Canada!! And it is literally all downhill to Canada

We dropped quickly down to 6200 feet and our last night on trail at Hopkins Lake

The seemingly impossible become a reality tomorrow... .Weta