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Back to the ‘Trail of Terror’ for the third time. The third time’s the charm and all that. We will be doing a three day trek to King’s Peak in Utah immediately prior to going to Rainier. A 25 mile, three day hike all between 9,000 and 13,500 feet will be just what we need to acclimate. We’ll see.

First, Kings Peak

Our campsite above Dollar Lake. We thought we were the
only ones in the valley until we came across two guys the
next morning. The temperature got down into the twenties in
the morning.

Every inch of a four mile hike from camp to the summit was
covered with these rocks. Of course you have to cross them twice, once in and once out.
There is no real trail most of the way, just endless boulder hopping.


I’ve never seen so many rocks.

Janet on top.

The summit is just beyond this pinnacle. Lots of ice and
snow, some of it very hard and slick with lots of exposure.

And now….snow covered rocks. Kings Peak in the background.