There is so much snow on the trail. Even though it was only 4.5 km and about 200 m in elevation gain to the highest point it took us a little over 2 hrs to get there. From there on it was downhill. But it was very hard nevertheless. We post-holed every step knee-deep in powdery snow. We were wet and cold. We are the first ones up here making footsteps in the snow. Halfway down it got a bit easier as we found other people’s footsteps to step in. I was just about to give up on this part of the trail and descend to town when Jared convinced me to keep pushing just a little bit more. Just when we couldn’t take another step we found this little Refugio. It was unlocked and we entered. We were so happy to find fire-wood. It took us about 1 hr. to get the fire started but we made it. Now we can dry our clothes and sleep inside by the fire. It’s raining, but right now we don’t care.
Tomorrow will be another tough day. I hope we finally get off this volcano.
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