50-Miler Day 3

The haze from the forest fire to the north was still hanging around on Day 3. After 26 miles in two days, we were looking forward to an easy day: 10 miles almost all downhill. Leaving Cutthroat Pass are some nice views of the North Cascades to the south.Our first stop of the day was at a pretty waterfall.We crossed Highway 20 at Rainy Pass.Erigeron lonchophyllus (short-rayed daisy). I photographed it because it was new to me, but I later found out it was not on the official plant list for Chelan County (where I found it).This photo shows what hiking over 30 miles in three days with a heavy pack will do to you.Our third camp was in a partially wooded areas with western larch.Our "easy" day turned out to be 11.0 miles with 260 feet of elevation gain (but with over 3,000 feet elevation loss).