Snow Lake, August 2018

This hike was tougher than it should have been. Statistically, it was less than Tiger 3. But it was a hazy day, there were talus slopes to navigate and the elevation was higher. It exhausted me and I ended up draining my Platypus hydration system. Perhaps the air quality and too little sleep affected me. At the end of the climb my mouth was dry and I felt weak.
Postscript Aug 23: Personal doctor informed me that the air quality was the likely culprit for my difficulty on this hike.

The photo doesn't adequately display the haziness from Eastern Washington wildfire smoke.

The "4600" designation on this topo map with 80-foot contour intervals seems wrong.

I tried to estimate elevation gain and distance hiked based on Washington Trails Association information and the countour map depicted above. But the contour map was supposed to rely on 80-foot intervals, and 4400, 3800 and 4600 interval lines don't conform to that model. Therefore I expressed the distances and elevation gains conservatively.

Statistics:

Distance: 6 miles, round trip
Load: backpack with Platypus, cameras, 10 essentials and food: 20 pounds
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. up; 4 p.m. to 5:30 down. At least six hours
Elevation Gain:  At least 1,600 feet; this includes a descent of about 400 feet to the lake from a high point of approximately 4,300 feet.

Hiking companion: Dian Wanner of Wenatchee.

Stats, year to date:

Distance: 1412.70 miles
Elevation gain: 37,060 feet