[pct-l] Mt. Hood Snow Level

[Bob Bankhead]

That's no lie!

We were hiking down the Table Mountain trail (aka the 35 mile often-bypassed-in-favor-of-the-road-walk section of the PCT from the Bridge of the Gods to Panther Creek campground). The temperature was 90° by the time we got to Cascade Locks today.

The forecast for Government Camp up on Mt Hood:

Sunday high 84° and thunderstorms
Monday: 79
Tuesday: 75°
Wednesday: 72°
Thursday: 70°

That should remove some of that snow from the flanks of Mt Hood!

Wandering Bob


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wayne Kraft 
  To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 9:58 PM
  Subject: [pct-l] Mt. Hood Snow Level


  It was very hot in north Oregon today.  The high temp where I hiked  
  east of the Cascades was over 100 degrees.  I spent the hot hours in  
  siesta, however, not hiking. The Deschutes is running strong and lots  
  of water spilling over the dams on the Columbia.

  Wayne Kraft