Today's miles 16.9. AT miles 1983.6
I keep saying it but today was another tough day over four mountains, still enjoyable though. We left camp just after 7am. It was warm and sunny again. We had a four mile, 2000ft, uphill climb to Saddleback Mountain 4120ft which wasn't too bad. We emerged above tree line on the way to the summit to some fantastic views again. We stopped on the summit for a snack break enjoying the views. From Saddleback Mountain we could see the trail ahead of us, it was a dip down and then up again to The Horn 4032ft. Again lovely landscape and views with some pretty alpine plants.
The descent from The Horn was very steep for about a mile, we then had a steep climb back up again to Saddleback Junior. We stopped here again for another break for half an hour in the sun. Down again afterwards, another short but steep descent to Poplar Ridge Lean-to then a three mile descent down to Orbeton Stream @1550ft. Our guide book said we would need to ford the stream but again we were able to rock hop across. The benefits of a few dry days = low river levels. We rested again here for a short while and topped up our water supplies.
Our last climb of the day, 1700ft, three miles, up to Lone Mountain 3260ft. A steep short sharp rocky climb up from the stream then a steady climb which got steeper towards the end, the trail went through some lovely forest on the way up. Once at the top it was a further two flattish miles to Spaulding Mountain Lean-to where we arrived at 5:45. We got the last available tent spot, the shelter area is overrun with a group of French Canadian schoolgirls - it's not a nice peaceful quiet camp spot tonight, they did settle down around 8:30 though.
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