Cathedral Rock — Wednesday, Jul. 3, 2019

Did the Cathedral Rock Deception Pass Loop over the holiday. Road is passable for all cars, just drive with care. There is a water crossing on the way to the trailhead, but saw plenty of Prius and similar in the lot so no worries. Just floor it ;)

Had the trail to ourselves up to Cathedral Rock — no other hikers or campers. Camped very alone in the meadow below cathedral. Glorious.

Next day saw maybe 3 PCT sobo’s between the rock and Deception pass. The dangerous ford marked on the trail is headwaters of the Cle Elum River I think. It’s a wet crossing at the moment. You’ll be up to your knees or thighs. No way around that unless you can jump like MJ.

The rest of the PCT from that crossing to decep pass is kind of a slog from all the blowdowns. We lost count at 20. All passable, just slow goin. Some sections are overgrown.

We stopped for the day at the site near the tuck/robin intersection. By that time, the trail was starting to look like rattlesnake with the traffic. We were told probably 50 people at tuck and 30 at robin from folks coming down, so we opted for the zero people at the bottom :)

Quick hike out the following day, saw a pair with their skis heading up above jade for some turns. Crazy awesome!

Great trip - did it like 9 years ago and it doesn’t disappoint.