Muir Pass & Hut

We woke up a little early and left a little after four. Our morning started out with a couple miles of no snow but quickly turned into full snow coverage. 11.1 miles of uphill walking later we made it to the top of Muir Pass around 2 pm. I was extremely relieved and happy that the Muir hut was standing and uncovered by snow. This was the easiest pass to get over so far. I did not think I was going to die once. It was long but relatively gradual. Success.

AH and I set up “camp” in the hut even though it is for emergencies only… Technically we could argue that there was a storm brewing… Which it was. But honestly we could have continued hiking a couple more miles if we had decided to. Because of our early arrival we both took a nap before we made dinner around 6. After I finished eating I climbed to the top of the hut and watched the sunset in the distance. Even behind a bunch of grey clouds it was spectacular.