[pct-l] 1/3 of hikers start at end of April in monumental snow year?

[Jim & Jane Moody]

What's the secret?  Some can handle snow and others can't?  Those who are afraid of snow hang out at KM longer?  We already knew that. 



Mango 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PCT List" <pctlist at gmail.com> 
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 2:06:42 PM 
Subject: [pct-l] 1/3 of hikers start at end of April in monumental snow year? 

That's right. 1/3 of PCT hikers will be starting their hikes at the 
end of April, a 5 day window, April 27 - May 1. 

It's crystal clear that an 'Artificial Day Zero (ADZ)' dictated a year 
in advance has become so pervasive hikers will largely abandon any 
reason when selecting a start date, even in a near record snow year 
such as this. 

The dirty little secret? Hikers will be stacked up in Kennedy Meadows 
come June. All the snow courses in the world won't change this fact. 
Some folks in position to create change simply don't care. Argue, rip 
and rant this statement all you want, but it can't be denied. 

Note: this info is based on hiker start data found at postholer.com, 
48 of 151 registered hikers will be starting during the above stated 
time frame. 

http://postholer.com/hikerRegistry.php 

The following opinion is brought to by Scott Parks, aka, postholer 
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