[pct-l] trail conditions reported from hikers in Belden

[AsABat]

Most journals I've read mention very high water north of Tuolumne but I did read one that said a few (and just a few) made out to Sonora Pass. They must be whitewater river guides.

But is it officially"closed" or just not really passable?

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Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com> wrote:

Check out this information I received from Laurie Braaten (trail angel in Belden): "Brenda spoke with someone who reports that the trail is closed near Yosemite (Tuolumne?) due to treacherous river crossings. I just spoke with Cisco and Roadrunner, two section hikers who started at Sierra City over a week ago. They encountered lots of snow, a lot of technical slow walking, and the markers are sometimes only visible three hours apart; a GPS is a must. There are also lots of blowdowns, sometimes close together. They were only able to make 10 miles max a day until the last day. Fortunately there was not a lot of postholing, but their shoes got drenched. It took a week for them to get to Belden, it would have taken 8 days but they were out of food and the last 22 miles were relatively easy, so they pushed through and got to Belden at 8:35 pm Friday evening. They said they are in daily contact via cell phone with someone who is posting updates on trail conditions for them, it might be worth a google. Cisco and Roadrunner's comment was that they didn't see how anyone could do a thru hike this year. Soooo.... once again, it sounds like there may be some serious injuries (or worse) if hikers are not willing to be flexible and work in some flip flops. Brenda just shuttled two more PCT hikers. One was a seasoned PCT veteran whose comment was "I fear for the life of the PCT hikers, we have been on the edge nearly the whole way." They just shuttled from Tuolumne to here, and are going to skip ahead a do this section in Sept." yogi www.pcthandbook.com_____________________________________________
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