The trails have indeed been repaired and are in great shape as of this post.
Mt Hood was still cloud covered from the recent rains as we started, but they were burning off by sunset.
We had a clear, but damp night (dew) and a sunny hike out the next morning.
Sunsets on the west side of Mt Hood can be so golden.
Just a short time before the colors turned...
The clouds were in and out for the entire sunset and the colors were gorgeous.
We decided not to camp in the forested sites and found a very small clearing, just large enough for the tent, along side of the trail with a nice view about 1/2 way between the forest and the river.
I did get a couple of night shots, but couldn't get a good tent night shot.
There was anxiety leading up to the two Muddy Fork River crossings, but we crossed early in the morning and it went ok. We did get into our river shoes for the second crossing since the rocks were very slippery. The water was very fast.
While eating breakfast after the river crossings, we saw the sun rise above Mt Hood. It was quick and over within 1 minute.
The trail repairs are great ~~ a lot better that our crossing last year.
We saw a lost sandal at the upper Muddy Fork crossing on the Timberline trail.
...and the matching one at the lower Muddy Fork crossing on the PCT.
The section from Muddy Fork to Bald Mt was very nice, sunny to the west, but the clouds again starting to cling to Mt Hood.
We ran into several PCT thru hikers and performed trail magic with our string cheese (Lady Killer, Jolly Rancher, New Orleans, Mountain Mike).
Seems to be a lot of mushrooms out now along the trails.
Pushing their way up through the top soil.
Not sure what exactly these are, but they were pretty.
A lot of red berries.
No way were we doing the log crossing at the lower Muddy Fork, so we put on our river shoes and waded through upstream with the help of a log.
Had some great views on the way back to car on the Ramona Falls trail.
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