Hiking along from our break at the ridge above Grouse Creek and at our lunch break at Grouse Pass.

From the ridge, the trail drops 400 feet to Devil's Camp and begins to climb again, gradually at first then after a final crossing of Grouse Creek, it becomes very steep. We were all glad when we reached the top of grassy Grouse Pass. From the pass, we had a close up view of Pyramid just across the valley.

From this vantage point, the mountain looks like the head and shoulders of a Gorilla. We had lunch, and the boys climbed to the top of a rock outcrop on the south side of the trail. Rested, we hoisted our packs and began the switchbacks dropping down the east side of the pass.