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Hannegan Pass Trailblazer hike

10 of us showed up at the Senior center wondering where we would be hiking today, we were scheduled to go to Hannegan Pass, but the weather forecast was showing rain in the area. Sometimes our fearless leader "Pat" has other plans for us when we may have rain. He asked us if we were up for heading into the mountains for our Hannegan pass hike and we all said "yes, let's go".

When we got to the trail head there were low clouds, and a bit of brightness showing through. I've hiked this trail twice before with the Trailblazers, once my dad joined us, (you can read about it HERE) and then last year my husband joined us (you can read about it HERE).

Getting ready to head up the trail.

Deciding how we would split up for the hike. Marjan led a quicker group to the pass. Ed's part of our group stopped at the camp then returned, I chose to hike with Pat our "fearless leader". Notice how high the vegetation is around us.

Last of the fireweed standing vigilantly against the coming season.

Fall colors in display.

If you look at the center of the picture below you will see a Pika. He was so cute nibbling on a piece of grass.

The clouds did raise enough for us to get a nice look at Ruth mountain.

Just before we got in the cars I snuck over and took this picture of the shelter that is at the parking lot.

We had 3 distances today ;-)

Marjan's group hiked 9.1 miles

Ed's group hiked 8.6

Endomondo stats:

Pat and I hiked 6.5 miles (we turned around when the others met us coming back down the trail)

Total ascent - 1989 feet

 Total descent - 1077 feet

Minimum altitude - 2215 feet

Maximum altitude - 4097 feet