[pct-l] Snow & Ice at Guffy and Baden Powell (Was Bailing out at Big Bear??)

[AsABat]

A thruhiker called asking me to post about conditions he found above
Wrightwood and heading toward Baden Powell, so here's the link to his
journal for Saturday. As noted, ice axe and crampons are still needed.
http://trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=225809

AsABat


> > > Word is that Baden Powell is impassable right now too,
> >
> > > Complicating matters is news that
> > >  Fuller Ridge is nearly impassable and I'll need to find a way
around
> > it.
> >
> > "Impassable" is a big word. I've stood on top of Baden Powell in the
> > middle of winter with about 10ft of snow on the ground. I've
traversed
> > the PCT when we did not see any dirt (only snow) from Strawberry
> > Junction to Black Mountain Road.
> >
> > Neither was "Impassable."
> >
> > Actually, neither was much different than what early season thrus
will
> > find in the Sierra.
> >
> > That being said, an ice axe, and some snow travel skills were very
> > necessary, and since both Fuller ridge and Baden Powell have easy
road
> > walks around, if you don't have an ice axe or snow skills,
discretion
> > is always the better part of valor.