[pct-l] The Thousand Lakes Wilderness, Clarke's Original PCT route, vs the Hat Creek Rim

[Jeffrey Olson]

I'm curious.  In 1992 I started my first PCT section hike where the 
Pharms trail crosses Road 32N12, heading south to Whitney.  My 
girlfriend and I stayed at the little campground/bare spot at the twin 
bridges crossing of Hat Creek and walked the half-mile to where the 
trail crossed the road.  When did this get shifted?

Jeff 

enyapjr at comcast.net wrote:
> Tha
> At least the USFS 'corrected' some of it - it was built and routed away from Old Station and up onto
> the Rim much sooner years ago...  It went North from the western side of Badger Mtn. and then
> turned NE, climbed a 300' escarpment to Little Bunchgrass Meadow and then along the NW base
> of West Prospect Peak before climbing the 900' Hat Creek Rim escarpment due West of Baker Lake...
> Most of that stretch in typical thru season is waterless - it would have been more than 50 waterless miles!
> See <http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/forestvisitormaps/lassen/17.php> and look for the "PHARMS TRAIL"...
> If you have National Geographic TOPO! California software, it is labeled "Pacific Crest National Scenic
> Trail" in addition to the Pharms Trail label in that area...
> (BTW, all the CA region USFS "Forest Visitor Maps" can be viewed online at
> <http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/forestvisitormaps/>...  FYI / FWIW)
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