[pct-l] Early season JMT condition report

[Scott Williams]

Way to go, and great pics.

Shroomer

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Jesse Crocker <Jesse at thisside.net> wrote:

> Hello All,
> Just got back from a thru-ski of the JMT a couple days ago.
> There is a lot of snow right now, 2-4 feet along the touleme river, 8+
> feet in colby meadow.  Lots of big avalanche debris from this winter.
> Thru-hikers might get lucky and be able to cross Evolution creek on
> avalanche debris about a mile upstream from the regular ford, the debris
> pile is about 15 feet thick, and proably has some trees in it.
>
> Switchbacks from guitar lake up to Trail Crest are mostly melted out,
> and the trail to the summit of Whitney is easily passable WITH an ice
> axe.  There is about 5 miles of trail near the muir trail ranch turn off
> that is melted out, and a couple miles of partly melted trail on the way
> up bear ridge, but other than that the trail is 100% snow covered.
>
> All bridges are in good condition.
>
> The tub at reds meadow is open, there are a few dry patches of ground to
> camp on, but the bathrooms are all locked.
>
> My message to thru-Hikers: if the sun cups dont get to big, it might be
> a great year to do the jmt on skis, if the conditions are right, it can
> be way faster.
>
> For pictures see:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1861081323656.2093224.1139611913&l=547923e3b9
> -
> Mountain Goat(pct 2009)
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