[pct-l] Snow Conditions

[Bill & Cathy]

"How's Your Trail"?   Hey with Switchback and JMT Reinhold its deep here 
every year, all the time.  Oh I just reread your message, you were asking 
about snow.
Sorry not sure  but Remember "Be Prepared"  Ground Pounder Bill  "Semper Fi"
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From: "Justin A DiPaola-Allen" <justind at hawaii.edu>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:05 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Snow Conditions


Anyone know what the snow is doing in California? Is it deep this year?

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Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 7:04 am
Subject: Pct-l Digest, Vol 5, Issue 22
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> 1. A D I OS my friends (Reinhold Metzger)
> 2. Re: Section B question (Phil Baily)
> 3. Re: More break through hiker news (Hiker97)
> 4. Re: A good way to go (Hiker97)
> 5. Re: A D I OS my friends (Hiker97)
> 6. Has anyone hiked along Fuller Ridge so far this year?
> (Rob Langsdorf)
> 7. Re: Jester (Jim Matthews Jr.)
> 8. Re: Section B question (Peter Dascalos)
> 9. road walk into Idylwild (Brian Lewis)
> 10. Re: Has anyone hiked along Fuller Ridge so far this
> year? (Will M)
> 11. snow levels (jomike at cot.net)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 22:08:55 -0700
> From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] A D I OS my friends
> To: PCT <pct-l at backcountry.net>, Hiker97
> <hiker97 at aol.com>, Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net>
> Message-ID: <481FE7E7.2020307 at cox.net>
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> Switchback,
> We have worked magic once again.
> The trail humor has calmed the herd, barn fever has subsided and
> tranquility has returned to the list.
>
> I think I have said all I wanted to say, perhaps more than
> I should
> have said, my work is complete and will now go off list and
> retread into a
> ''Lurker'' mode until further provoked by the likes of
> Switchback or
> Tortoise or by the fermenters of barn fever.
>
> Hope to see you all on the trail someday.
> Until then, HIKE ON & HAPPY TRAILS
>
> JMT Reinhold
> The lurker
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 22:16:32 -0700
> From: Phil Baily <pbaily at webuniverse.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Section B question
> To: Paul Cronshaw <beemancron at hotmail.com>,<pct-
> l at backcountry.net>Message-ID: <auto-000138343620 at vel.net>
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> A little less than 2 miles into Section C, there is a dirt
> parking lot.
>
> Pieces
>
>
>
> At 09:16 PM 5/5/08, Paul Cronshaw wrote:
>
> >I am planning a Section B hike over Memorial Day weekend (May
> >23-26). As part of my car shuttle plan, I will be leaving
> my truck
> >at a location where the PCT crosses I-10 E near Cabazon.
> I am
> >looking for suggestions of specific locations. Thanks for any input.
> >
> >Beeman
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 23:13:11 -0700
> From: Hiker97 <hiker97 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] More break through hiker news
> To: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>, "Al Shaver"
> <alshaver2000 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Sorensen, Aaron BM1"
> <Aaron.W.Sorensen at uscg.mil>, Michael Popov
> <michael.popov at yahoo.com>, PCT <pct-l at backcountry.net>
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> Unsupported JMT Reinhold writes: It may also help keep the
> dreaded ''MHD'' (Moronic Hiking Disorder) at bay.
> Brought on by to many nights at high altitude, which results in
> oxygen depravation which in turn causes brain cells to die,
> giving rise to a condition known in medical circles as
> ''Moronic Hiking Disorder''....frequently associated with long
> distance hiking....can be fatal if left untreated. Only
> known cure....total abstention from hiking. Many long
> distance hikers suffer from this dreadful disorder. One
> only needs to look as far as Switchback to know that is
> so. Poor fellow.... he thinks sacking innocent hikers is
> normal.....we know better.....we know it is ''MHD''.
> -------------------------------------------
> Switchback replies: Say, FYI, my legs have been feeling better
> lately. I might start hiking again up in the mountains at
> the 8,000 foot level. This is the only cure for MHD ---- 
> hiking. If you really want to go all the way, then you
> have to sack a few trailtowns. This involves arriving at
> the nearest AYCE salad bars and saloons. Hot pizza and
> cold brews with your hiking bros are your aphrodisiac.
> Empty salad bar food pans are your signature of passage.
> Yes, it is great to be a long distance hiker and dream of
> trailtowns on the trail and dream of the trail in
> trailtowns. Don't ask me to explain it. It is just
> the way it is.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 23:51:26 -0700
> From: Hiker97 <hiker97 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] A good way to go
> To: reinholdmetzger at cox.net
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net, john.hannah at wgint.com,
> carolwbruno at yahoo.com
> Message-ID: <6b63aa0c.0189.405b.8f9a.469e140bef04 at aol.com>
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> Unsupported JMT Reinhold writes: I'm afraid nothing good is
> going to come out of this. But, it's not our fault that
> women are attracted to us, Switchback. It's in our genes.
> -------------------------
> Switchback replies: Say, how did I get caught up in this?
> No one is attracted to the Trail Pirate --- I am a solo rough,
> tough trail loner --- a 1%'er. The PCT is my woman.
> It is my mistress. It is my lover. No matter how I
> am mistreated, I come back for more. Yes, the PCT calls
> like a mysterious woman, who has powers you cannot resist.
> It cannot be denied --- always calling, always there, always
> excitingly dangerous, always irresistibly different.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 23:58:53 -0700
> From: Hiker97 <hiker97 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] A D I OS my friends
> To: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>, PCT
> <pct-l at backcountry.net>, Tortoise
> <Tortoise73 at charter.net>Message-ID:
> <1c5e4865.a015.4850.945e.65417780acad at aol.com>Content-Type:
> TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Unsupported JMT Reinhold writes: I think I have said all I
> wanted to say, perhaps more than I should have said, my work is
> complete and will now go off list and retread into a
> ''Lurker'' mode until further provoked by the likes of
> Switchback or Tortoise or by the fermenters of barn fever.
> --------------------------------------
> Switchback replies: Just in time. The certified letter from Mr.
> Brick was just about to go out to you for outrageous bandwidth
> usage. I am glad Stinker the Trail Skunk and I have been
> good PCT-L role models for you.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 00:29:27 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rob Langsdorf <mctrob at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Has anyone hiked along Fuller Ridge so far this year?
> To: PCT-L <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Message-ID: <840460.22229.qm at web57708.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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>
> Has anyone hiked along Fuller Ridge so far this year? If
> so, what is the snow situation there?
>
> Has anyone driven the Black Mtn Road into the Fuller Ridge
> TH? If so, what is the condition of that road?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 09:21:04 -0400
> From: "Jim Matthews Jr." <jimjr at keeganmortgage.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Jester
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
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>
> Anyone hiking with Jester today? If so...please convey to
> him that The
> Phillies smoked the Diamondbacks last night in AZ with the roof
> off. 11-2.
> -Outtaherehr
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 06:28:08 -0700
> From: "Peter Dascalos" <peter at onthetrail.org>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Section B question
> To: "Paul Cronshaw" <beemancron at hotmail.com>, <pct-
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>
> I parked in Snowcreek, town at the base of San Jacinto on the
> North side.
> Get off the 10 onto 111, then south onto Snowcreek Rd, then park
> on the
> south side of Falls Creek Rd. I have done this twice with no
> problems.
> Google maps link is ->
> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=33.900342,-
> 116.673732&spn=0.054143,0.089264&z=14
> OC Pete
> www.onthetrail.org
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Paul Cronshaw" <beemancron at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 9:16 PM
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] Section B question
>
> >
> > I am planning a Section B hike over Memorial Day weekend (May
> 23-26). As
> > part of my car shuttle plan, I will be leaving my truck at a
> location
> > where the PCT crosses I-10 E near Cabazon. I am looking
> for suggestions
> > of specific locations. Thanks for any input.
> >
> > Beeman
> > http://www.picasaweb.google.com/beemancorn
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> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 06:56:41 -0700
> From: "Brian Lewis" <brianle8 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] road walk into Idylwild
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> I really appreciate Halfmile putting up an alternate route into
> Idylwild; I can't seem to download this to my smartphone, but maybe
> there's internet access here (in Iduylwild) where I could print
> it out
> (am I dreaming?).
>
> When I hitched into Idylwild yesterday afternoon I paid some attention
> to the road shoulder's, and I saw a couple of thru's hiking the road.
> I talked to them later and I suggest that road walking the 18
> miles or
> whatever exact distance along the highway is fairly dangerous ---
> not
> something I would care to do. Their comment was that the
> majoritywasn't too bad but the last 5 or so miles were ptetty hairy.
>
> To put it in pespective, I'd rather take my chances with bears,
> rattlesnakes, snowy passes, etc. But that's just me,
> of course,
> YMMV.
>
> I wish there were a better way to get info out to folks on the trail
> about this option; when I was in Warner Springs I could have easily
> printed out Halfmile's alternate, but at that point no one understood
> the situation as well.
>
>
> Brian Lewis (now "Gadget")
>
>
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>
> Message: 10
> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 07:47:07 -0700
> From: "Will M" <jalan04 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Has anyone hiked along Fuller Ridge so far this
> year?
> To: "Rob Langsdorf" <mctrob at yahoo.com>
> Cc: PCT-L <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Message-ID:
> <417c00f70805060747l3a2de4fapb70993691f4f682 at mail.gmail.com>
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>
> I took the road up Black Mountain about a week ago. Half
> way up, someone
> gave me a ride and was able to drive all the the way up just
> past the
> campground. He probably could have gone furtheer but he
> was driiving a
> smallcar and there a was an ice patch on the road that was
> causing him to
> bottom out.
>
> There was some snow at the trailhead leading down from
> Black mountain Road
> but nothing to worry about. Just a few patches which are
> probably gone by
> now.
>
> Jalan Jalan
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Rob Langsdorf
> <mctrob at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone hiked along Fuller Ridge so far this year? If
> > so, what is the snow situation there?
> >
> > Has anyone driven the Black Mtn Road into the Fuller Ridge
> > TH? If so, what is the condition of that road?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Message: 11
> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 09:52:00 -0700
> From: <jomike at cot.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] snow levels
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>, <mattjolley at comcast.net>
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> Thank you so much for the park service page. The picture of
> Yosemite Valley was along worth the link. Everywhere the years
> snow level seems to be low. Or am I mistaken?
>
> are we there yet
>
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