We are at lodge #2, Wayra Lodge. Today's hike was everything it was promised to be, and we are bushed.

We started the hike at 7:00am with a few low clouds.

Before long, it had begun to rain, and the clouds moved in.

The landscape was beautiful, but the rain continued.

Here are some other hikers making their way up in the rain.

We had a break from the rain when we stopped for a short break, but the clouds were still low.

After about 5 hours, we were all at the pass at 15,300 feet above sea level, the highest either Norman or I had been except in an airplane. The view should be beautiful, but we couldn't see the mountains at all. It was very cold and sleeting as Norman snapped this photo.

We headed down to a hot lunch cooked along the trail by our chef

The rain stayed with us most of the almost 4 hour trip down.

 

I hope the clouds will lift so we can get a picture of this lodge in the morning as we head out for a downhill day.