My friend and I went via Ed's Trail on Tuesday, camped close to the top and came down Wednesday 6/25. There was a road closed sign 2 miles away from the trailhead. We got there at 4:30pm, and the workers and vehicles came down at 4:55pm and took away the sign and left. We got to the trailhead and started hiking around 5:30pm.
Wild flowers were amazing all along the trail, not just bear grass but many other kinds as well. There were a lot of bugs as well, not the biting kind though, but I still inhaled one and accidentally ate one.
There were a couple of camp sites in the woods just before the summit area that no one claimed (no view). Another group already was at the site right at Summit. My friend and I camped a little down at a gravelly area just next to the trail. Another group camped at the north hill area not far away.
Sunset was gorgeous but the volcano's were shrouded. We woke up to fog/clouds but able to hike out before it started to lightly drizzle. We got back to the trailhead at 7am, and when we got down to where the working vehicles were parked about 2 miles out at about 7:15am, the workers have arrived and just setting up the road closing sign so we got our just in time.
Comments