Mt. Jefferson 9.9.2023

The annual Flags on the 48 memorial hike. This year our group did Mt. Jefferson via the Caps Ridge Trail. Weather was forecasted to start cloudy and get worse as the day went on with probable thunderstorms with possibly heavy rain and hail later in the day. Due to the forecast, we got an early start to try and fly the flag some and start our descent before things got bad. In the end the forecast was wrong and while we did encounter some rain on the way up, the day progressively cleared and become quite sunny by the time we headed down. Today's hike was 5.19 miles round trip with 2,829 feet of overall elevation gain