La Coulotte

Date: 7/06/2019 Day: 3 Distance: 13 ish miles start: 8:00am stop: 7:30pm Elevation: 5367 ft Others Here: Shroomer and Coyote;Antoine and Steph across the creek Camp: Tenting next to a stream What3Words: https://w3w.co/typist.discharges.indulges This was quite possibly the most grueling single day I’ve ever encountered on trail. 11 hours and only 13 miles should give a hint.We bush wacked up to La Coulotte ridge; there was no trail and it was straight up. Then we proceeded to ascend, often on loose shale, the ridge without the help of a trail. It was basically up and down all day in these …