I continued straight when I should have turned right, but a helpful “END OF TRAIL” sign about a quarter mile up the false trail saved me much time. Either that, or I was starting to hallucinate and my visions were trying to help me. I summited the grueling 1,239-foot peak of Wadl...
I got to Baxter Peak just before 8:30am and there were already about 10 or 15 people milling about near the peak. How few people I had seen in every other area of the park started to dawn on me as I hiked down to the Saddle and headed to Hamlin Peak. Before the final climb, I...