It started as a beautiful summer morning and continued for the entire day. A simply great day for a hike. Sever of us (Rick, Steve, Dennis, Hal, Jim, and Robert) started of the Mt. Potash trail, for a gradual ascent to the summit.  Dennis got to experience his first fairly wide water crossing, which was not as easy as some, but he made it  without difficulty.  It was a casual and steady ascent to the summit which seemed to come more quickly than expected.  

At the top, we had some clear views of the surrounding peaks.  I commented on how I hiked Mt. Potash as part of the Get Fit series when I first joined GO.  I recalled how several veteran hikers were able to name many of the surrounding peaks.  Although I could not name all of them, it was nice to realize that I could recognize quite a few of them.  

After lunch we made out way back to the trailhead.  At the bottom some forest rangers at the bottoms asked us who was behind us on the trail.  They said someone had reported a fall from a ledge.  We did not see anything on our way down, but informed the rangers that there was a family at the summit when we started our descent.  Hopefully, they were ok.  As we left the trailhead and headed back towards Lincoln on the Kanc, traffic came to a stop.  That is when we noticed a wrecked car on one of of the road and a downed moose on the other.  The people in the car were ok, but the moose was down, but still breathing.  We did not stick around, but emergency services were on the way from Lincoln. It is unfortunate that these accidents do happen, even when people are aware of their surroundings.

The group stopped in Lincoln and shared drinks and a lite meal at Gordis.  I hope to see everyone again for the final two hikes in the GetFit series.