Crew: Dylan DeVesty, Cara pescatore, Jeremy Herman, Ryan Devesty
Dogs: Kali
Distance: 17 miles Lots of climbing (we added and extra 7 mile loop)
Summits: 3
Elevation Gain and loss: 12,000 feet
Completion time: 40 hours
We left NJ Friday night and arrived at Woodland Valley Campgrounds around 1am Saturday morning. On are way down the never ending road to Woodland Valley we were lucky enough to see a BIG black bear cross the road just a few feet from our car. It was awesome! Now kinda scared we decide to set up a lean-to off my car and get a few hours rest before the sun comes up.
Burroughs Range consists of 3 summits. East to west first comes Cornell Mt. (3790ft) then Wittenburg Mt. (3870ft) and finally Slide Mt. (4180).
Saturday we hiked/canyoneered 10 miles. The day was so strenuous we finished our whole water supply. At this point we decided to set up camp before it got dark. We passed multiple natural springs but they were all dried up. After camp was set up Jay and Cara hiked to one last natural spring a mile away and it paid off. There was water and they filled all are bottles back up. Now we had water for dinner and breakfast plus all day tomorrow, which made all of us very happy. Its easy to get grumpy in the woods especially when you have no water. Being out here really makes you appreciate the small things in life. I love it. Get out there people.
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