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Mile 164.2 to 175 – 12 miles total hiked<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This day was very hardship slog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew it was coming, but this particular part of the trail has a whole bunch of different ridge lines that the PCT ran along the ridges, but also wove its way between the south and the north sides of those ridges. Repeatedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s hard to get the real picture of how rough this was by just seeing the pictures below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there was more snow and ice on the trail, then it can get very dangerous to cross this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, the March heat wave in the area and had melted out most of the snow and ice, but there was still some that I had to be careful crossing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As evening approached, I started thinking about just finding any kind of campsite along the ridge. But the only places I found were very windy so I forged on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At last the role of ridgelines was over and a very popular camp area appeared before me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still a little windy, but great view and I was glad to have finished the Ridgeline before nighttime. I would not have to complete it in the morning. But they\u2019re always challenges on every part of the PCT.\ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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