[pct-l] CURRENT trail conditioins Mammoth to S.City

[Sir Mix-a-lot]

I heard a few days ago that a pack string from the Mammoth Pack Station had
a serious accident going over Duck Pass which is a little under 11k feet.
 That pack station sent another pack string through that pass yesterday, but
I can tell you that the Inyo NF packers refuse to go through that pass.

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>wrote:

> With Ned's recent post on the subject of "trail report words" in mind, I
> can say that I have had confusion in interpreting trail information coming
> from hikers. Of course, they are describing what they recall and from the
> perspective as hikers with various levels of capability.  Since I will be
> riding a horse, simple descriptive words like "doable" or "piece of cake",
> etc. don't tell me much. I have been monitoring the snow melt and stream
> crossing descriptions for the past two months. I have talked to hikers at
> Carson Pass, Pooh Corner and Sierra City, asking what they remember about
> what they saw and experienced between Mammoth and Sierra City. I did get one
> very detailed description from one hiker named "leave it Be".  He described
> deep snow on some steep north-facing slopes and under the canopy of trees
> that he thought would be very difficult or impossible for an equestrian.
> Describing one spot, he wondered if the snow would melt enough THIS YEAR.
>  If there is no safe way around, some of these places could be
> trail-stoppers for me. That is why I have postponed my start date to ride
> south from Sierra City until August 23.
>
> What I am hoping for is that some of the hikers who have RECENTLY passed
> through parts of the PCT between Mammoth and Sierra City will post reports
> with an equestrian in mind.
>
> I would like to thank my hiker-friends in advance for posting this
> information
>
> MendoRider
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