Share Your Hike

To help my friend work on his 46 (and continue my second run), we began hiking a little before midnight with the goal of doing Colvin Blake, Dial and Nippletop. I floated the idea of doing Dial and Nippletop first to allow us the possibility to add Sawteeth as a joke, but my friend was eager to full send it! Dial and Nippletop were serene with Greta views of the stars. We managed to catch the sunrise on Colvin, and Blake was not as bad as I remembered (since last time I did it in the fall without microspikes). At the base of Blake we each crushed an energy drink and charged toward Sawteeth, and began to lose momentum a half mile from the top. Finally we made it, and then began the grueling 6 mile descent in which we both trodded along like zombies. The trails by the way were great, the mud was never unmanageable. Overall a great hike with unique trails that were new for me! This was a grind, but it’s my second last big training hike before I attempt the Bob Marshall Traverse the week of August 17.