_JFR_: 2717 Water cache left by Trail Angels at Cameron Road and Tehachapi Pass - 85 miles to Walker Pass!
_JFR_: 2722 Right here at Highway 58 and Tehachapi Pass was where Cheryl Strayed began her PCT hike in WILD
_JFR_: 2725 At Pacific Crest Trail mile 568 the trail left the side of Highway 58 and began climbing 2500 feet in 5 miles
_JFR_: 2729 Yet another superblooming hillside on the PCT in the Spring of 2023, this time with purple wildflowers
_JFR_: 2732 Cumulus clouds heading east over Tehachapi Pass from the Pacific Crest Trail
_JFR_: 2733 Looking back toward Tehachapi Pass and Cameron Canyon as I begin the big climb north
_JFR_: 2736 Looking east into the Tehachapi Valley from the Pacific Crest Trail at mile 569
_JFR_: 2741 Out here in the windfarms, a wall of Joshua Trees makes a great windbreak for a campsite
_JFR_: 2743 Looking east over the desert from the PCT above Tehachapi Pass
_JFR_: 2745 I got high enough to look back on Tehachapi Ridge and the windmills to the south where I was yesterday
_JFR_: 2746 Puffy clouds and virga to the east over the Town of Mojave, east of Tehachapi Pass, from the PCT
_JFR_: 2756 The Pacific Crest Trail keeps on climbing, mellow and steady, and I was glad for the shade of the clouds
_JFR_: 2761 Another view east over the Mojave Desert and Highway 58 from the PCT near mile 571
_JFR_: 2764 The PCT followed a ridge and then traversed around Peak 5582 at mile 572
_JFR_: 2767 The mountains north of Tehachapi Pass were rolling and treeless, perfect for Wind Power
_JFR_: 2775 View southeast at cumulus clouds over the town of Mojave, from the Pacific Crest Trail
_JFR_: 2777 Yellow wildflowers blooming along the side of the Pacific Crest Trail north of Tehachapi Pass
_JFR_: 2778 View northwest from the PCT near Peak 6262 with Sugarloaf Mountain on the far left
_JFR_: 2782 View west toward the town of Tehachapi from the Pacific Crest Trail at mile 574
_JFR_: 2787 When the PCT crossed road MK10, they put up motorcycle and ATV barriers - no wheels on the PCT!
_JFR_: 2798 It started to snow that day up above 6000 feet but it didn't stick
_JFR_: 2801 GoPro video of snow flurries on the Pacific Crest Trail north of Tehachapi Pass as I climbed above 6000 ft
_JFR_: 2805 View west from PCT mile 575 with more snow clouds and virga over Sand Canyon (right)
_JFR_: 2810 As often happens, the Pacific Crest Trail ran along a rarely-traveled dirt road
_JFR_: 2816 This section of Pacific Crest Trail ran along a dirt road for five miles, sometimes rocky sometimes sandy
_JFR_: 2821 There was a campsite here along the dirt road so it actually had a speed limit - but I never saw a vehicle
_JFR_: 2830 Hillside covered in yellow daisy flowers along the PCT north of Tehachapi Pass in the 2023 Superbloom
_JFR_: 2833 I finally got high enough that there were actual pine trees once again, although they weren't that big
_JFR_: 2836 Pretty cumulus clouds were scudding by all day, after last night's rain
_JFR_: 2840 The dirt road grew rocky at times, but the wildflowers made up for it