[pct-l] Campsites and Snow Pack

[Halfmile]

Hi Moccasin,
I will look again at my notation on that part of the maps as I don't
mean to make the San Felipe hills sound that bad. I really enjoy that
part of the trail, but it can get unpleasant up in the San Felipe
hills if a cold wet storm blows through and it is difficult to find
camping spots sometimes there, so I marked a bunch of little spots
some of which are very small and not really camping spots. I probably
went a bit overboard, but I figured too much info was better than not
enough.

Your comments about a having a wider frame of reference is important
when considering maps. Maybe it's just my personal preference, but I
think many people share it. I have tried to strike a compromise
between a wider frame and portability, I think successfully for the
most part.

To answer part of your other question, here are some Southern
California areas of the trail where I know people have had difficulty
navigating:

- A surprising number get lost in the first 20 miles, although it's
not really that difficult
- You might have about 20 miles of snow in the San Jacintos starting
about mile 170, depending on the year
- In 2007 the hiker in front of me spent all day lost after taking a
wrong turn around Whitewater Creek
- You might have snow around Baden Powell
- Some years the trail is difficult to find S of Tehachapi because of
all the illegal ATV, motorcycle tracks
- Obviously snow potential from N of Kennedy Meadows to Sonora Pass

-Halfmile
www.pctmap.net




On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks. I kinda figured the same thing, but he made the San Felipe's sound
> so bad that I got worried for a second.
>
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Jeffrey Olson <jolson at olc.edu> wrote:
>
>> Imagine you've hiked 18 miles on your 18th day of hiking.  You're an
>> hour from dark and you're ready to stop.  You look down at your plan and
>> see you're supposed to be camping at X spring on day 21.  You laugh.
>> You begin looking for a flat spot to throw down your tent, hopefully not
>> in the middle of the trail.
>>
>> I've done a bunch of four to eight week section hikes and I've learned
>> not even to think about planning where I"m going to camp beyond the
>> first or second day.  Water - yes, camping not so much.
>>
>> Jeffrey Olson
>> Martin, SD - where the prairie is snow covered and even the coyotes
>> hunker down...
>>
>> On 1/21/2011 5:03 PM, Brandon McGinnity wrote:
>> > Anyways, I wondered if theres a resource other than the Halfmile maps
>> that
>> > list campsites, or at least if this is really an issue.
>> >
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