Lucy Ondo

The trail off of Hwy 70 at Battle Pass starts at 9,900′ and climbs over 2,000′. I started late in the day July 13, 2023, as it took some time to find the trail. I ended up using my GPS.

It did not take long to run into snow on the trail although it was a nice warm day.

I made it to the highest elevation for this section to camp for the night.

The next day I was expecting to have a fast decent; however, the snow greatly impacted the time and effort to make miles.

Sunrise in early morning.

Miles of snow drifts.

As I hiked to lower altitudes it became a beautiful hike through open areas of wild flowers broken by stands of forests.

By afternoon on the second day, I had hiked out of the forest into the Great Basin which is a high desert with no trees or shrubbery. Nothing growing over 12″ high and no relief from the extremely high temperatures. I struggled the rest of the hike into Rawlins hitching on the paved road walk and decided not to go onto South Pass as it was a continuation of the desert.