8.5 miles

We had a short but fun day! We climbed from about 4800 feet to about 7300 feet on a pack trail up to the Straight Cliffs of Fifty Mile Mountain. The view got more spectacular with every switchback. We could see a lot more snow on the Henrys from all the storms that have gone through recently. At the top I discovered a cell signal so I posted some journal notes and pictures while we ate lunch in the warm sun.

We ended the day at Mud Hole Spring, which is fenced off and the water piped into a tub. There was clean slickrock to hang out on and plenty of pinyon and juniper trees for shade. There is even a beautiful stand of aspen trees, though they were not yet leafed out.

We cooked dinner and had a great time talking with John. He had us laughing with some crazy stories from past hikes.