[pct-l] Do you need an ice axe before Idyllwild?

[Len Glassner]

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Gary Schenk <gwschenk at socal.rr.com> wrote:
> On 4/22/2010 6:05 PM, Joan Henriksen wrote:
>> Please excuse the last minute hysteria.  So our ice axes are all packed up
>> and waiting to be mailed to Idyllwild tomorrow.  Should we just bring them
>> to KO because of all this unseasonable snow?  I don't know what the first
>> 150 miles look like so I don't know if it is the kind of terrain that
>> warrants an ice axe.  I hope to meet many of you at KO.
>
> If it was me, I'd have an axe waiting at Warner Springs.
>
> Gary
>
The reference to 'first 150 miles' makes me wonder if your intent is
to go into Idllwild at hwy 74, before proceeding up to Saddle Junction
area.  Shouldn't face potential ice axe worthy challenges before that
point, so if you pick up ax in town, then come back out, that should
work.