I spent last week at summer camp with the Boy Scouts from my troop. We had a good week and the boys seemed to really enjoy themselves. The weather started out hot and humid but cooled off nicely by mid week and was beautiful. The only real significant rain we had was later Friday night and everyone was already in bed. Summer camp is always fun with a lot of walking, joking, working on merit badges and eating and this year was no exception.
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| My morning view of the camp site |
One of the highlights for me was climbing Mt. Stevens. The trail is fairly short, it was a 3.8 mile round trip from my campsite, but the climb is fairly steep from the get go. The summit of Stevens is 2162' and offers great views of Brant Lake and the peaks to the west. Gore Mt. is easily picked out with its ski slopes showing clearly.
It is a well maintained trail and easily followed. As you ascend you get a few views through the trees. The summit is a popular place to have lunch or take a break. There are times when groups from camp will spend the night on the mountain. That must be great, I will have to look into staying up there next year for a night.
At this time the second trail up the mountain is closed and so we hiked back the way we went up. It was an easy descent and we made good time. Looking forward to next years week of camp and hiking more in this area. Maybe getting into the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness again.
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