[pct-l] End of the trail?

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Satellite views of the northern PCT (and, for that matter, CDT) sections:
http://snipurl.com/1rqmu
Yep, they got weather.

Sometimes one day can make all the difference.  A couple of relatives have  
noted here how some travelers took a zero day and now can't get through,  
those who pushed on were the last of the season to make it to Marker 78.   
A most poignant historical example which comes to mind (of people also  
trying to get to Canada) is Chief Joseph, who took a zero day in the Bear  
Paws, just enough time for the army to catch him.  130 years ago this  
coming Friday, in fact.

And David Hough just noted, in an off-list communique,
"The Donner party also took a nice warm zero late in October to rest the
livestock before the final push."




On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:59:57 -0700, J Schurr <schurrjd at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   ...
>     My son and his buddy are part of the group of a dozen or so hikers  
> that got turned back from Cutthroat Pass to Winthrop due to weather, and  
> had planned to try and push on thru as a group.  He called last night,  
> the group had once again turned back to Winthrop after making about 20  
> miles along the trail - no visibility and 2-3 feet of snow.  They have  
> collectively decided that the passes are impassable (sounds like the PCT  
> for 2007 is closed.)  However, some of them were discussing an alternate  
> route - about 20 miles along a road, and a trail along a lake.  This was  
> at an elevation where they did not expect to hit heavy snow, and would  
> bring them to the Canadian border - altho' not to the "offical"  
> trail-end at Monument 78.  I know how frustrated my son was - they had  
> taken a zero at Stehekin to rest before the final push, while a couple  
> they were hiking with pushed on - and appears they were the last hikers  
> thru.  I hope the folks who are ending their trek realize that
>  a wise decision means a successful hike ...


-- 
Jeffrey "57" Zimmerman
Sonoma County
The Left Coast