Day 5 2.2 miles 1 hour hiking time Ending point: Trailhead 4000′ elevation We got up on our final day to another beautiful sunrise at Wood Lake. Everyone worked fairly quickly to pack up and get going. We got breakfast and took our last day with our morning scripture reading. We did our daily scouring …
Day 4 3.62 miles hiked 1 hour 30 minutes hiking time Camped at Wood Lake 4836′ elevation We awoke on day four to a beautiful sunrise at Clear Lake. The weather the whole trip was wonderful, I don’t think we could have had any better conditions. We started the day with breakfast and got packed …
Day 3 4.14 miles 2 hours hiking time Camped at Clear Lake 4910′ elevation After a good night’s sleep at Lake Wapiki, the scouts (and leaders) were a bit apprehensive about hiking back up the steep hill we came down the day before! We decided to split up into a more aggressive group and a …
Day 2 3.4 miles hiked 2 hours hiking time Camped at Lake Wapiki 5206′ elevation Well, night number one seemed a little moist. We don’t think it was raining, maybe the humidity was soaking the trees and the wind blew it off and it seemed like rain. But, when the morning came the sun was …
Troop 202 wanted to go on a high adventure for this summer’s big activity rather than head to a scout camp. Our leaders charted out a plan and we headed to the Indian Heaven Wilderness Area near Mount Adams outside Trout Lake in southwest Washington. We had ten scouts ranging in age from 13 to …