Last year when I hiked past Capitol Lake to Capitol Pass I made a promise to myself to do it again this year. So today was the day! The weather was perfect and I made it to the trailhead by 9:45am to give myself enough time without feeling rushed. The steep part of the road to the trailhead was quite rutted this year so I put my Jeep into 4 Lo for the first time on this road. That made it much easier. I was very surprised to see a Prius at the trailhead! By now there were not many wildflowers left and the wild raspberries were all gone but it was soooooooo pretty! I only saw one other person and not until I got to the lake. Then we watched two groups descending from the knife-edge ridge that leads to Capitol Peak. I went ahead to the Pass which was every bit as stunning as I remembered. This whole hike always makes me think of my Grandma’s favourite hymn “How Great Thou Art”. The scale is of such grandeur it is literally breathtaking. This year I went a little bit further down the steep descent hoping to find a connection to the trail that leads to K2 but decided to turn around after 5 minutes due to how steep it was. I arrived back at the trailhead at 5pm – 6 hours round trip to the Lake with an extra hour to the Pass and back – perfect 🙂 The last photo below looking back at the Lake from the Pass shows Mt. Daly in the middle of the picture.