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

[Brian Miller]

Thanks for the update. My wife and i thru hiked in 07 and just started
a month hike from sierra city. We got to the buttes trail head today
there is still 4or 5 feet of snow on trail in sections. Lol cant add a
pic from my phone.

On Monday, June 27, 2011, 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
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