[pct-l] Washington PCT detours/closures

[Rick Ostheimer]

Most every 08 thru-hiker followed the original PCT where it's "closed" 
through the Glacier Peak Wilderness.  There was one section where 
switchbacks were washed out near Milk Creek, but a detour down hill got 
around that.  Then there was the ford of the Suiattle River where a 2 
foot diameter tree had fallen across the stream.  I straddled the log 
and shinnied across it.  Otherwise, it would have been a very dangerous 
ford.  We'd encountered a number of sobos who'd clued us in to the log.

 Earlier in the year the trail had been rerouted near High Bridge Ranger 
Station where one catches the bus to Stehekin, but it was open by the 
time I got there around Sept 15.  

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