[pct-l] Muir Hut

[Ned Tibbits]

That was a beautiful description of what we all hope to experience on any 
given morning out on the trail!

Lady J and I got caught mid-afternoon in a 6" snowstorm that blew all night. 
We were very thankful for the shelter and a spring I discovered just to the 
north!  This was back in October of '84.

Mtnned

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "moon dancer" <idmoondancer at yahoo.com>
To: <pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:02 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Muir Hut


> The guidebook says that Muir Hut is to be camped in
> only in case of emergency...
>
> And I believe that when I spend the night in the Hut
> this past August, it certainly qualified as such.
> When I pulled in there at about 1700, the thunder was
> just beginning.  Not long thereafter the hail began,
> with some hailstones as big as marbles.  The weather
> did not begin to let up until it was too dark to hike
> safely.  So I spent the night in there... as did 12
> other people.
>
> I left the Hut at 0600 the following morning, a cold,
> clear, beautiful morning.  Certainly the temperature
> was below freezing, as the water on the trail had
> turned to ice during the night.  Cold enough so that
> every footfall creaked in the silent and still dawn
> air.  The sun had not yet risen above the ridge to the
> east... and I told myself I would keep walking until
> the sun shone on me, and then I would stop and have
> breakfast.  At 0730 I finally stopped, and a more
> beautiful and inspiring 90 minutes of hiking was never spent.
>
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