Tilly Jane

Snowshoeing again today!
We hoofed it up the trail at Tilly Jane.






Great area. Much of the trail climbs through the remnants of the 2008 Gnarl Ridge fire and many charred trees surrounded us.





Although clouds blocked views of Mt Hood there was still much beauty around to behold.

On the way up I was mostly focused on keeping up. We churned out our first 1,000 feet of elevation gain in 45 minutes. (If you're not familiar with elevation gain tracking; a pretty fast pace is 1,000 feet gain in 1 hour. On the Mt Rainier climb we will probably be doing 1,000 feet gain in 1.5 to 2 hours. In other words, we wore moving!)







After a couple of hours we stopped for a much needed lunch break near the Tilly Jane A-Frame that can be reserved for overnight stays.













Then we trekked a bit further upward, just about to the tree line, before heading back down to the car.

Tally: 
Mt Rainier      
                 17 mi      9,000 ft elevation gain
Training Hikes So Far        
                 37 mi     12,600 ft elevation gain