Tatie Peak and Grasshopper Pass

Using Hart's Pass as our staging area we headed south on the PCT. Although the PCT leaves directly from the Pass we cheated and drove to "the meadows" and cut of a mile or more that we had done on another trip. The trail is never steep but rather swoops up and down between passes and across faces of hills. The views are grand and only get better once you get to GH Pass.

We headed up Tatie Peak from it's eastern most end and then descended back to the PCT at it's southern end. Neither ridge had any difficulties, just pleasant ridge hiking and a little loose scree on the way down. Of note was some composite rock that had worn river rock (igneous rocks) imbedded in more recent flows.

The fall colors were beautiful and ice crystals were pushing up through the muddy trail. GH Pass is long with the trail running across the top of it for a number of meters. As this ridge stretches off to the south (and then eventually towards the east) a faint hikers trail goes to the first bump (7125') on Handcock ridge.