Backpacking Trip through the Pemi
Laura tagged me in her story feed on Instagram. She was in need of a friend who wanted to make an overnight trip into the woods with her last minute. My response as followed: "Is that even a question?" Laura: "Yayyy hahaha this is why I love you" Then it was all about the plan. Where to go? So many options. How many miles? So many miles. Honestly, the two of us are two friggin peas in a pod when it comes to the mountains. We don't care as long as we are there. It only took us less than an hour to come up with a plan. I suggested a beautiful loop I had hiked in a day before. This would help prevent us to have to car spot with 3 dogs. The plan was to meet at the North Twin trail parking lot at 9:30am on Saturday. From there we would hit the trail for about 1 mile before connecting onto the Fire Wardens Trail. This would then take us roughly 3.6 miles up to the summit of Mount Hale. After summiting Hale we would continue to Lend-a-Hand Trail, Zealan...