DAY FORTY-SEVEN, June 25, 25.2 Miles
At mile 820
Nice morning around the lakes, down to Woods Creek bridge then the 4000 foot climb up to Pinchot Pass. Pretty sloggy, very nice below the pass and had lunch on top. Lake Marjore below is beautiful and half frozen over. Could very easily have camped and relaxed there, but yeah. South Fork Kings River was definitely the biggest ford yet, but really not too bad. Guidebook likes to throw out words like "lethal" and "die" when they really aren't necessary. The weather started to turn, clouded over, spots of rain. Todd and me both still wanted to get over Mather Pass as well, so pushed on. Snow and constant fording slow you down so much and despite the quick final scramble to the top it was quite late, and snowing. Plenty of glissading (sit down and slide on the snow) down the other side saved time but got me all cold and wet. Didn't really want to walk in the dark again so camped earlier than planned.
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