[pct-l] Trail closures and reroute information - where?

[David Ellzey]

Darren,

A lot of list-serve members at the kick off right now so I will try to help out with what I know.

As of right now the only detours in SoCal you need to worry about are the Sheep Fire and Station Fire in section D. 

As Donna pointed out, the info for the Sheep Fire Detour can be found here: http://www.pcta.org/pdf/sheep_fire_detour.pdf

Unfortunately there is no official detour for the Station Fire yet. Hopefully the PCTA will publish one soon. The closure extends from Three Points to Soledad Canyon. The frog closure extends from Islip Saddle to three Points and requires a road walk, so at this point there is no reason to go past Islip Saddle. It seems most of the early hikers have been getting off trail at Inspiration Point, going down into Wrightwood and arranging rides (or hitching) to Agua Dulce. I know there has been talk of finding a combination of trails and backroads to get you down from Islip Saddle and over to Soledad Canyon but there is nothing official yet.

You will have to rely on the PCTA for detours north of the Sierras, I don't follow those.

BigToe

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Darren Bagnall
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 9:47 AM
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Subject: [pct-l] Trail closures and reroute information - where?

HI All - 

People keep posting information such as 'section x is mostly closed' or
'the frog detour' or 'the equestrian detour' or 'that fire detour'. I have no idea 
what you are talking about. ('cause I am a noob i guess) Where do I find this 
information? I tried pcta.org trail conditions section. I did find the post about section D
and good general eye witness information but nothing about frogs or horses or stinky hikers.

Is there a good source of official trail closures, reroutes, and maps?

Thanks,

Darren



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