Day 143: Dorothy Lake

Another very cold morning with condensation frozen to the inside of our tent, and another 2 steep hill climbs in the morning.

After lunch in the sun while we thawed out our tent, we continued along the valley on a gentle uphill gradient until we reached the ascent to Dorothy Lake and then Dorothy Lake Pass.

We passed a couple of hikers that we knew heading south to complete their PCT thru hikes. One was Paul who OG knew well and who we had spent time with when hiking in Oregon. Another was Vijay who was at Scout and Frodo’s with us before we started at Campo.

We were glad to reach the campsite at 5 pm and organise dinner and the tent early because now at 6:30 we are in our tents with thermals, down jackets, warm hats and down sleeping bags and we still feel very cold. It will be much colder when the sun goes down.

We have completed 21 miles today and tomorrow plan to hitch out from Sonora Pass at the end of the day to resupply at Kennedy Meadows North and then have a rest day from hiking.