[pct-l] Deep creek closure... why?

[Brandon McGinnity]

I don't care about staying true to the trail. Like Yogi mentioned in her
trail planner guide, my goal is simply to walk from Mexico to Canada. But
thanks for the links.

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:02 PM, eckert <jape1 at cox.net> wrote:

> In May of 2006, an experienced long distance hiker, No Way Ray, fell 200'
> to his death from the trails tread on the approach to Deep Creek Hot
> Springs.  An account can be found here:
> http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=181794  A better pic of the
> tread can be found here:
> http://www.trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=282231  When they have
> landslides around here, there aren't a lot of options to skirting them if
> you try to stay true to the trail.
>
>
> On 4/14/2011 4:21 PM, Brandon McGinnity wrote:
>
> Not that I'm planning to skip the detour, but what if I wanted to follow the
> original PCT route. Is it legal?
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Jim Banks <jbanks4 at socal.rr.com> <jbanks4 at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
> This area of the trail always has slides that need to be repaired, but the
> ones from this winter are huge and will require some re-engineering of the
> trail.  I was not aware of any major bridge damage prior to this winter.
> There was some major damage to one of the bridges this winter.
>
>
>
> I volunteer on the trail crew for this section.  I have not seen the bridge
> damage myself, but this is what I was told by John Hachey, the crew chief
> of
> the Section C volunteer trail crew, who has seen the damage personally.
>
>
>
> I-Beam
>
>
>
> From: Ate Tuna [mailto:atetuna at gmail.com <atetuna at gmail.com>]
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 1:36 PM
> To: Jim Banks
> Cc: Cosmic Cat; Pct-l
>  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Deep creek closure... why?
>
>
>
> The project description mentions slide work, but I was skeptical about them
> being able to repair all the slides within such a short amount of time.  I
> didn't expect them to work on the bridge, but wasn't the damaged bridge
> already messed up before last hiking season?
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Jim Banks <jbanks4 at socal.rr.com> <jbanks4 at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>
> That trail maintenance project is not intended to repair the big slides and
> the damaged bridge.  It may in fact actually get rescheduled until the
> major
> repairs are done.
>
> I-Beam
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net <pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net>]
> On Behalf Of Ate Tuna
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 12:49 PM
> To: Cosmic Cat
> Cc: Pct-l
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Deep creek closure... why?
>
> I'm sure they don't want people on it creating new trails and further
> erosion until the trail can be repaired.  The PCTA site shows that there's
> a
> project scheduled for Deep Creek from May 12-15.
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Cosmic Cat <cosmic.cat144 at gmail.com
>
> wrote:
>
> I may have missed the post that explained why...
> But why is it closed?
>
> Is it closed like glacier peak is closed, or is it closed like the
>
> station
>
> fire.
>
> I would hate to miss his section just because of a slide or two.
>
> Goodness
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