Mount Rose — Sunday, Jun. 11, 2023

I’m not gonna lie, this trail looked a lot easier on the two dimensional paper map when my hiking partner and I chose it. This trail is steep, steep, steep. It is comparable to the Wagonwheel Lake trail, which similarly doesn’t utilize hardly any switchbacks to lessen the grade. There are no real issues on the trail at the moment, just one blowdown to hop over, and a couple small patches of snow, so it is in great condition. The weather was a bit of a different story, as we hiked our way into the clouds and out of the views. The fog was basically smothering the entire forest and made it quite eery for most of the hike. We waited around for an hour at the summit hoping to sneak a peak at Lake Cushman below, but the clouds just never cleared up. Oh well, can’t complain too much since we were able to get some good old fashioned exercise out in the fresh mountain air.