[pct-l] French Speaking Hiker Help -- Other Advice Needed - SNOW!!

[Steve Courtway]

Mt. Laguna is gonna get hit with a bunch of snow in a couple hours.

s.c.

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Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] French Speaking Hiker Help -- Other Advice Needed


> Indeed - it is dumping the white stuff outside as I write this from the 
> office at 2000'. Yosemite is finally getting winter.
>  Katy
>
> Jim Keener <jlkeener at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Well, as they say on West Wing, don't accept the
> premise. There is a major storm system in the Sierra
> as I type this. New powder. They can get to Yosemite
> Valley by Amtrak train/bus combination from Los
> Angeles and other cities. And from there to Badger
> Pass. If they do not already cross country ski, they
> can get lessons at Badger Pass (and equipment) and ski
> out to Glacier Point. (See photograph at
> http://electricpath.com/yosemite.html). The views
> along the way match any in the world. IMHO. And winter
> is the only time one can camp in the Wawona Grove - a
> grove of Sequoia at the south entrance to Yosemite.
> Snow shoe or cross country ski up hill for four miles
> and camp in a most magic place. One afternoon when I
> was there, the sun came out and began melting ice off
> the sequoia. Diamonds all around. Chickadees swirling
> in the sky.
>
>
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