[pct-l] Friends to join for short hike

[Phil Baily]

-Tuolumne Meadows north and back
-Echo Lake north and back
-Agnew Meadows (Mammoth) north and back (views of Ritter and Banner, 
Thousand Islands Lake))
These are easy to get to and pretty.

Pieces


At 07:10 AM 1/24/07, Bill Batchelor wrote:


>I have a couple friends that are considering joining me for a couple days (I
>wont allow any longer).  Of course, they want to do it somewhere with the
>best scenery they can.  They'd like to do some part of the Sierra - or
>perhaps near Tahoe.  They will be traveling by car from So Cal. So no
>further north than the Tahoe area.
>
>Here is what I am looking for.  I think my preference would be to put them
>on a 1.5 day out and back (they hike with me for 1.5 days then retreat
>back).  They hike with me either before the "Sierra proper" or after.  I
>would really like to do the main part of the Sierra with other thru-hikers.
>I would like to avoid sections where on average it could be very snow bound
>and may intimdate the shit out of them.  I know the snow conditions are hard
>to predict, but you get the idea - best odds of a beautiful hike without the
>worst of the challenges.
>
>Thanks for your feedback.  This will save me hours of scanning the topo's
>and guides.  I will take the suggestions and go right to that section.
>
>FYI, I don't have the names of all the stops memorized yet.  So, if you give
>me a town name or stop over place - a rough idea of the section or reference
>point (e.g. about 100 miles north of Tahoe) would be helpful.
>
>Thanks again.
>
>BillB - Ezhno
>
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