[pct-l] Hiking from Campo to Warner Springs

[Peter "OC" Dascalos]

I doubt that you would run into any conditions that would require an ice ax
between Campo and 'a little past' Warner Springs. The big concern would be
potential icy spots that may require crampons to be safe to traverse
potential hazardous spots. It is not so much the snow in So Cal that is the
problem, but it turns to ice fairly quickly and can become very dangerous. I
am not sure if the Laguna's still have any snow/ice spots. This time of year
I usually will carry a set of instep crampons just to be safe. Remember "Be
Prepared" could save your life.
I will be doing some climbing up in the San Jacinto's later this week and
can update on conditions there.

OC
www.onthetrail.org



-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Dave Benson
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 10:00 AM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Hiking from Campo to Warner Springs

hi all,

I was planning on hiking from Warner Springs, and maybe a little
further if time permits in the next two weeks.  To do this,
would i need to carry an ice axe potentially? 

Of course, it's impossible to predict the weather,
but I just wanted a sense of how big storms get in those 
areas.  I think I don't mind hiking on a couple of inches
of snow, but a foot is probably not acceptable.
I think I might try section "E" if that's a serious possibility.

- dave