Gorgeous hike! Made a personal 1-day mileage record to boot. Started at 7:30am, got to the first camp at 5.2mi by 9:30am. Bogged down as the grade and temperature rose after that and it took me a couple more hours (including a few water breaks) to get to Jade Lake. Caught a second wind as the grade leveled out in the valley and spent a good amount of time wandering around before heading back. Left the Valley at 2pm and arrived at the parking lot at 5:30pm.
Aimed for Opal Lake but apparently took a trail that went west of it, still got a nice view of La Bohn Gap. The slope under the Gap still has a snow field for anyone looking to climb it.
So many frogs! Deer tracks in the mud. Butterflies everywhere. Some of the blueberries, trailing blackberries, and thimbleberries are ripe, and plenty of wildflowers. Flying bugs were around but not too many interested in biting. Only saw a few other parties today, all of them overnighters.
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