[pct-l] Sierra High Route

[Carl Siechert]

Reinhold:

There are a few places along the Sierra High Route cross-country
sections where you'll find an easily followed use trail, but those places
are rare.

The route still requires good routefinding skills as well as comfort with
scrambling on slabs, steep talus (ranging up to vehicle-sized boulders,
which make for tricky hopping), and a few class 3 pitches. Being a
68-year-old woman isn't a disqualifier, but if she's not a good scrambler,
the SHR isn't going to be fun.

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 2:16 AM, Reinhold Metzger
<reinholdmetzger at cox.net>wrote:

> I was more or less trying to find out if the cross country portion of the
> "SHR", since it is
> more frequently hiked now days, is being impacted to the point where the
> route, more or less,
> can be followed by following the physical impact from the increased use, or
> if a hiker must
> rely strictly on maps.
> In other words has the increased use created sufficient impact on the route
> so a hiker can
> follow the route without strict reliance on maps and is the cross country
> doable for a 68
> year old woman or will the scrambling be somewhat overwhelming?
> I am a good scrambler....she is not.
>
>