[pct-l] Trail Conditions Red's Meadow to Tuolumne Meadows

[Gary Swing]

Dear Yoshihiro,
 
The current conditions here are extreme for an unusual year. I expect that what we encountered was much more difficult than normal for this time of year. Still, determined hikers can find a way around the worst obstacles.
 
Cheers,
 
Half Fast
Previously on "Team Oops, We Lost One"
Most recently on "Team Bad Call"
 
"Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." -- Mark Twain, writing from the Sierra Nevadas


--- On Thu, 7/7/11, Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trail Conditions Red's Meadow to Tuolumne Meadows
To: "Gary Swing" <homelessontherange at yahoo.com>
Cc: "pct-l" <pct-l at backcountry.net>, "Stephen Clark" <rowriver at gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, July 7, 2011, 4:12 PM


Thanks

I will teach those conditions to Japanese who fly to USA.

2011/7/8 Gary Swing <homelessontherange at yahoo.com>:I
> Red's Meadow to Tuolumne Meadows wasn't too bad. Tuolumne Meadows to Sonora Pass was totally impassible, but we did it anyway. :-)
>
> Seriously, though, some of the fords in Yosemite were extreme and there's a ton of snow out there. The "trail" is buried deep under snow for the most part and the runoff conditions are epic, but we made it though by looking for log crossings, following the opposite of the creek in places, and avoiding certain snow slopes. The views are spectacular, but the snow and water conditions are absurd in many places. I think it would be nearly impossible to stay on the "trail" right now unless you follow a GPS track every step of the way and call out the Corps of Engineers to erect bridges over all the creeks.
>
> Have fun and don't drown out there.
>
> "Half Fast"
> Arrived in Bridgeport July 7
>
> --- On Tue, 7/5/11, Stephen Clark <rowriver at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Stephen Clark <rowriver at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Trail Conditions Red's Meadow to Tuolumne Meadows
> To: "pct-l" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 12:00 PM
>
>
> Seeking a trail conditions report from anyone currently out there in the
> vicinity of, or someone what has recently done, Red's Meadows to Tuolumne...
> specifically Donohue Pass.  I have a hike scheduled along that section of
> the PCT/JMT in a couple of weeks.  I'll have some "javerage"  semi
> experienced, non technical backpackers with me and, with the snow conditions
> I've been reading, am considering cancellation at this point. Don't have the
> desire to have to lasso someone with no self arrest training as they slide
> down a slope.
> Thanks,
> Quackers
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Sincerely
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Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami  村上宣寛 )
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Backpacking since about 1980 in Japan
2009 JMT, the first America.
2010 JMT, the second America.
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