2018 YOlympic Scholars: Backcountry Adventures

For Scholars Adele, Rosa, Michael, Taleisha, Daniel, Jack, Sandra, Balint and Helga highlights included:

• The moss in the Hoh rainforest
• Exploring Hoh Lake (and seeing three bears!)
• Hiking along the High Divide and eating huckleberries
• Finding enormous elk antlers at the 7 Mile Group Camp
• Spending most of a rainy day eating pancakes

For Scholars Lauren, Andreea, Louis, Hamish, Luke, Rachel, Shae, Embla, Sara and Elias, highlights included:

• Hiking the nine miles from Enchanted Valley, up and over Anderson Pass to Big Timber i one day
• The glacial turquoise of Anderson Lake
• Freezing cold bright blue water at Big Timber
• Sleeping in a dream circle the last night
• Singing lullabies in our evening meetings
• Seeing a bear across the valley on the way up Anderson Pass

For Scholars Ben, Gus, Tiffany, Giselle, Phoebe, Riley, Sigurlaug, Anna, Sara and Vanda, highlights included:

• Reaching the Anderson glacier
• Seeing fresh bear tracks on the way down from the glacier
• Washing off in the river
• Students cooking meals for themselves

For Scholars Aya, Lauren, Nick, Roxanne, Blake, Emily, Rasheeka, Troy, Manu and Miki, highlights included:

• Reaching Gray Wolf Pass, elevation 6,204 ft.
• The beautiful, shallow lake below Gray Wolf Pass
• Spending four hours cooking dinner each night
• Touching snow!