[pct-l] I take the High Route...You take the Low Route

[Reinhold Metzger]

Yes,
Staying low in the canyons and meadows and among the trees has it's merits.
You have shade, wildflowers and vegetation.
However, you also have bears, mosquitoes and view obstruction.

I prefer to stay up high, above the bears, mosquitoes and view obstruction.

I like the high route, above the tree line, where the air is fresh and 
cool the panoramic view expands as far as the eye can see and the Alpine 
Lakes are crystal clear.

That is why the JMT is so dear to me....It follows the high route.

JMT Reinhold
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Diane wrote:
I don't have a lot of winter or snow experience but you are absolutely 
right about all those steep side slopes. That's practically all the PCT is.
It took me until somewhere around Glenn Pass to have my V8 moment: Duh! 
This is a "Crest Trail."
That's why it's always up so high.

I had a fantasy much of the way through So Cal anyway that I would 
design the Pacific Appropriate Trail where the trail would go through 
canyons so there was always plenty of fresh water and stay in the trees 
in the Sierras so you could enjoy the wildflowers and pretty