The uphill portion of the trail today was the most brutal and the river crossing over the Winthrop River was by far the most dangerous.  The river was 30 to 40 feet wide, raging with snowmelt, and the sound was thunderous.  Bowling ball (or larger) sized boulders crashing and bouncing downstream causes the “thunder”.

Today was the only day with any rain and it was only for 3 hours!  It is unusual to have so little rain during 10 days on the Wonderland Trail.

Granite Creek Camp
Taken during the 3 hour rain.