Pacific Crest Trail - Days 97-98 - Bridgeport, CA

Start: Mile 1012.0 - Backcountry Campsite
End: Mile 1027.3 - Backcountry campsite

Kristin and hikers in the background for scale.

This looks like the output of some late 1990s 3D terrain generator with extreme input sliders.

Climbing Mt. Doom.

Rock formations you don’t typically see in the Sierra.

Natural Jackson Pollocks

The view on the other side looking northeast towards Walker.

A high Sierra Sarlacc Pit

Got a hitch down to Bridgeport with a couple of cool old guys.

Burger Barn in Bridgeport. Everything a hiker dreams about.

Rawr. I’m American and mad.

Back to trail 🥲

Flowie wowies

Huge views of huge rocks

Whose castle is that out there?

You can see the window in the rock we hiked through yesterday.

We hiked past the literal snowmelt headwaters of the Carson River and camped next to it downstream. Were definitely approaching familiar territory.