[pct-l] Best time to hike washington

[dicentra]

Be prepared for anything!  And check the weather reports befor you go.
 
I had sunshine AND snow on the 31st of August on the PCT at Rainier (Big Crow Basin) last year. Flowers were in full bloom and huckleberries were out.

Have fun!! Look for me on the trails up there. :)
 
~Dicentra

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--- On Wed, 4/29/09, Will M <jalan04 at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Will M <jalan04 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Best time to hike washington
To: joph at piedmontbsa.org
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 11:42 AM


Thanks everyone  for the great  info.  I'll definitely try to hit this
section in August.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Jo Pegrum Hazelett
<joph at piedmontbsa.org>wrote:

> I would add to the comments below that it is best to be prepared for rain
> and snow no matter when you go. As section hikers, my husband and I chose
> to
> do each half of Washington in the middle 2 weeks of August. We were told by
> lots of people, especially Washingtonians that it was our best shot at
> staying dry and avoiding most of the mosquitoes. On both trips (in 2
> separate years) we had rain and or the famous Northwest drizzle which just
> soaks you to the skin. On August 21, 2008 I have photos of us in an all out
> blizzard! So, go prepared! (We also had some great weather, but Washington
> is not Southern California!).
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> Jo (PCT 08)
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> http://postholer.com/jo
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> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:21:04 -0700
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> From: Brian Lewis <brianle8 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Best time to hike washington
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>  Jalan jalan asked when it's best to hike Washington, and Dicentra replied:
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> "July 5th through early/mid September sometime", and she went on to add
> that
> there are two seasons in Seattle ... "August and Rain."
>
>
>
> For reasonable (not too much snow) backpacking times of year I would
> generally agree with the above, with a caveat about bugs.  Along the PCT in
> WA state my general rule of thumb is that July is buggy and August &
> September are nice (with the latter getting a bit colder and of course
> decreasing length of daylight).  August is generally a great time to get
> huckleberries and wild blueberries too.  Of course this is approximate, and
> this stuff varies by the year --- snow melted later than usual last year,
> which impacted both of these factors.
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> Two years ago I did a fair bit of hiking in July, and what I found was that
> in places I enjoy hiking in August there were a lot of pools and mostly
> melted snow around, perfect breeding grounds for the mosquitos that were
> all
>
> about me.   You can get some great wildflowers in July, however, and I'm
> not
>
> suggesting that all of WA state is a continuous bug feeding frenzy for the
> entire month, but all things being equal --- pick August.
>
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> Brian Lewis / Gadget '08
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> http://postholer.com/brianle
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