I of course try not to too, but on really long trips, it's sometimes unavoidable. (I spent two weeks walking through the Olympics in August - sort of difficult to absolutely avoid weather on a trip like that.)drm wrote:I don't backpack in storms.
They had their fair share of smoke this August, though I guess it was still probably better than some of the stuff further up:drm wrote:I recently saw a report where a fire ecologist was reported to have said that they wished folks could think of a smoky August like they do a soggy November - just the way it is up here. Yikes. If so, the Olympics are the best escape in the region - may be visiting there a lot more.
Near Obstruction Point, August 2