[pct-l] Sierra Trip Report

[Ken Martin]

We are planning on hiking Forrester and through the passes to Red's Meadow around September. Can anyone speculate on the snow conditions by then given the current melt-out rate. And was there snow at Kearsarge? 

Ken Martin 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Banks" <jbanks4 at socal.rr.com> 
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:29:13 PM 
Subject: [pct-l] Sierra Trip Report 

For anyone planning a Sierra hike or through hikers that skipped the Sierras 
and are thinking about coming back now to do the Sierras: 



I just finished a four day, three night hike in the Sierras. August 7 to 
August 10. I went in at Kearsarge Pass to the PCT hiked south over Forester 
Pass down to Crabtree Meadows and out over Whitney. There are a lot of 
mosquitoes, be prepared. There is also a fair amount of snow on the North 
side of Forester (and some on the south side). People were getting through 
ok with just boots or trail runners, but I lugged my micro spikes up there 
so I used them and they made the going a lot faster. I never thought I 
would be using my micro spikes in August! The sun cups were incredibly deep. 
The snow does not create dangerous conditions, it just makes it a hard, slow 
slog. I do not believe a horse could make it over Forester. I talked to a 
packer at Guitar Lake and he said they were not going over Forester or Glen 
passes yet. He didn't know about the snow conditions on any passes north of 
Glen pass. 



None of the creek crossings were a problem. I crossed all of them where the 
trail crosses. Three or four were mid-shin deep, and the others even less. 



On August 17 I am going in at Kearsarge Pass again and this time heading 
north to Reds Meadows. When I get back I will do another update. 



I-Beam 









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