[pct-l] John Muir Trail

[Jeff Whitmer]

I'm not going to say you can't, because I have heard of people doing it in
the winter. I know I wouldn't be able to.

VVR, MTR, and most packers won't be open yet. I'm not sure if Reds Meadow
would be open or not. Tuolumne Meadows won't have much activity either. Most
hitches will be extremely difficult. You'll be going slower and caryring
more stuff, so keep that in mind.

You'll want to have excellent route finding skills and it would be very
helpful to go with someone who knows the trail. Ice ax, snow shoes, and
crampons go without saying. Even then, I have no idea how you would get down
Forester Pass. I imagine it would be a giant cornice.


On 3/24/08, leftybradshaw at aol.com <leftybradshaw at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Does anybody know if it's possible to do the entire John Muir Trail from
> North to south starting the 19th of May? I'm wondering if the snow coverage
> would be too much to do it this early.
> ~Shayne
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