GDT Day 21: The Rockwall
Tuesday, July 23th, 2024, 0700-1730Floe Lake to Helmet Falls Campground, mm 31517 miles, Gain: 5375′, Loss: 6310′, elevation 5740′ Well, this was the day when we all discovered our GDT thru-hike was over. I slept well and woke feeling excited for another day, especially through an area so renowned as the Rockwall. But just as I was passing Jan’s tent on my way to breakfast, he told me the news from the GDT grapevine. Another hiker told him that Jasper National Park and the town were being evacuated due to a raging set of fires that had just sprang up in the past few days. Also, the fire in section D had grown and now closed all of that section[…]
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