St. Peter's Gate

[johndavidjr]

Did hike from Lena Lake through St. Peter's Gate, solo. Didn't try Stone, mainly because I was tired of camping by then, & also had heel blisters, partly due poor judgment in socks department early on.

 

Lots of snow on north side of gate-- all the way from last pond, in fact. Am not very brave, nor fit, & hike up to gate gave me slight pause due to all the snow. Not much on south side, but wuss that I am, kept out ice axe for a quarter of the way down.

 

Found large pile of human turds in notch, which I kicked away into the scree. I took very light pack & did trip in a mere....three nights. Not fast, but light anyway.

 

I avoided Lake of Angles for camp, as lake and its basin was still almost entirely snowed-in as of June 30, making for cool night in largely snow-free swamp just below. I trended too far left on descent from gate & hit some cliffs & brush just above swampy basin.

 

Thank you Fairweather, for suggesting counter-clockwise travel. The direction made good sense, for various reasons.