On July 16, 2022, John and Mary Jo completed their 18-month quest to hike all the trails in Cougar Mountain when they did a final 5.5 mile stretch filling in the gaps they had remaining!
We had started on January 1, 2021, and, with a bit more than 35 miles of trails in the park, expected it would take us a while to complete. Taking a hiatus later in 2021 for MJ's Chemo, we picked it up again in early 2022, with one of the larger challenges piecing together an approach so as to not leave big gaps of trails needing to be done far from trailheads, which would require very long hikes. The last few hikes we did as one-way, meaning we'd park one car at one trailhead, and another car at another trailhead, so we could maximize our hiking miles rather than having to loop back to the car.
We completed all the trails at 'Shy Bear Pass' and took a rare selfie photo to mark the occasion!
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