A nice zero and my body is feeling refreshed. Had a nice cooked breakfast which Victor kindly bought for us, and lots of coffee.

I bounced my ice axe and boots on to Wrightwood in case Mt Baden Powell has snow when I arrive. The great thing is that if I don’t open the box the forwarding is free.

Big Bear Lake has a good selection of resupply options and the Dollar Store helped keep the cost down. I am fed up of eating out when in town so made a pasta Bolognaise – maybe I over catered because this is the leftovers…

But never fear – tomorrow we are doing a ‘Slack Pack’. The trail is pretty much South-North up to Big Bear but then takes an abrupt left turn and runs West-East for a while. This means that after about 12 miles hiking you actually end up just as close to Big Bear Lake as when you started. So to ‘Slack Pack’ is to leave most of your gear in Big Bear Lake, hike the miles and come back! That way you get the miles in and take one days supply off the heavy carry to Cajon Pass. Ingenious.

In my case, due to the leftovers, dinner is waiting for me!