Kearsarge Trail - Woods Creek 6/29/10 11 miles

We started out the day with a 19 miler in mind. We didn't realize the length of time it would take us to cross and come down the back side of Glenn pass. If I've realized anything about this trail, it's to never underestimate the Sierras. We partly assumed that there would be little snow. We were wrong. Snot covered most of the trail on the front side and we were forced to scramble up rocks and gravels along the mountain. The back side was completely covered. No postholing (thank God!), but we did have to take our time. The climb down was steep and slick. We finally make it down and had to attempt to find the trail. The downhill resistance caused me some irritating knee pain, therefore I was taking it slower than usual. At the bottom of the mountain, we walked around several crystal clear, sparking lakes, feeling with clean, mountain snow melt. I was tempted to put on my bikini and chill next to one for the rest of the day, but still work to be cone. WE continued walking down, crossing several creeks and making our way as fast as possible with hopes to tackle another pass today. Soon enourgh, 5 o'clock rolled around. We dicided to cut the day short and start early inthe morning and hopefully complete two passes tomorrow instead. I became somewhat bummed due to holding us up today. I felt like I was going as fast as possible, but it just wasn't fast enough to follow our planned schedule. Maybe tomorrow. KB