Attempt to hike north from Sanora Pass- miles 1020ish to 1053ish

Before heading to my family reunion in Colorado, I jumped a bit north on the trail to attempt to make mileage before getting off-trail for 5 days. I wound up being the first through that area by myself. After 3 days of making first tracks through the massive amounts of snow using my map and compass, having to refind the few pieces of un-snow-covered trail every morning (and whenever I lost it throughout the day), I made it 33 miles from Sanora Pass to Ebbit's Pass, where I luckily ran into a couple wonderful backcountry skiers/snowboarders. Chance and Dave-O gave me a ride into Tahoe, made me some dinner, let me use their shower, AND crash on their couch for the night. Such needed trail magic! I then proceeded to call a friend of a friend in Reno- Jeremy- and he let me crash at his place until my flight left 2 days later. I definitely owe some people after this week!

I came down this right after Sanora Pass

One of the few trail markers I was estatic to find after a couple hours of being lost

One of the few sections of trail I came across

Following Dave-O's tele tracks to Ebbit's Pass

Mile 790ish- Kiersarge Pass

I don't think anything I say right now will do justice to the beauty I've been hiking through, so I'll just post these pictures and a couple videos for you to enjoy! Trail Magic! Brian makes camp ovens, and he hiked in food to promote it- he made us pizza and banana nut bread! A view right after we hit the snow I made it to the top! The view from Mt. Whitney Looking across the snowfield at Forrester Pass- It's the one in the middle Me at the top of Forrester Pass

First big creek crossing!

Glissading down Forrester Pass!

Mile 703ish- Kennedy Meadows aka the jump-off(to the Sierras)

Mile 500!(ish)

Everyone hanging out in the only shade in the middle of the Mojave Desert

One of the burn areas along the trail

A bunch of hikers getting water out of the only on-trail water source in the middle of a 30 mile dry stretch

One of my Cowgirl camping setups

A view after hiking up out of Walker Pass

I'm just happy to be at KM

Kennedy Meadows General Store

We made it 700 miles, and we are semi-officially out of the desert! Yes, I've technically been in the desert for the past 6 weeks, even though it's just started getting above 75*. We're moving onto the Sierra Nevadas, and I'm going to attempt to make it into Mammoth Lakes by June 23 so I can catch a bus upto Reno to go back to Colorado for a family Reunion. Our Group of 7(Princess, Lip Service, Avo, GQ, Captain Obvious, Blaze, and I) will be going up Mt. Whitney in the next couple of days(the highest mtn in the continental US) and hitting the highest point on the PCT- Forrester Pass(at around 13,000ft) right after that. It's going to be an adventure, I'm definitely very excited for this section of trail!

Mile 558ish- Tehachapi, Ca

I left my camera on the other side of town, so unfortunately there will be no pictures this post. We've walked for about 4 days from the Andersons to here, and it's finally gotten warm! Highs have been in the 80s instead of the 50s and 60s, and I've been sweating! This may not seem like big and exciting news to most of you out there, but with the Sierra Nevadas coming up fast,(about a week away) the hot weather is definitely to be enjoyed because it means we won't hit the snowpack until 11,000ft. instead of 10,000! It also means the snow'll only be 8ft. deep instead of 10, who wouldn't be excited for that?
I did my first night-hike out of Hiker Town(which is at the edge of the Mojave Desert) after talking with the eccentric gentleman who owns the HT property- quite an interesting guy. We hiked along the L.A. Aquaduct through the Desert from 8pm to 11pm, then got up at 5am and hiked to the only shade by 10am- a bridge/water source.
Worldwide, Seamus, GQ, Fuzzy Monkey, Blaze, Fully Loaded, Princess, Lip Service, Shani, Noga, and I hung out until about 6pm, then right as we were leaving got trail magic from a couple- Law and Order- who usually do magic in the now burnt-out section of the trail. Watermelon and Orange soda never tasted so good.
Pictures will hopefully be uploaded next week while I'm in Kennedy Meadows!