[pct-l] SoCal weather!

[Cosmic Cat]

Holed up in Idyllwild right now. Low forties and rain. I pity anyone up on
the ridge. There are probably at least thirty hikers in town right now.

Goodness
On May 16, 2011 7:20 PM, "Marion Davison" <mardav at charter.net> wrote:
> ned at mountaineducation.org wrote:
>> Noticing that the weather is getting nasty out there!
>>
>> How are the thru hikers doing? Tents holding up? People staying warm and
dry??
>>
>> What kind of weather is everyone experiencing, rain, snow?
>>
> We were doing trail work on Section C between Highway 18 and Van Dusen
> Road on Saturday and Sunday. We saw lots of thru hikers, and we endured
> a very cold, windy night atop the ridge. In the morning we hiked
> through five hours of blowing snowstorm. It wasn't sticking, but it was
> certainly cold. I was wearing everything I had with me, 4 layers, my
> standard summer High Sierra clothing set. Polypro longies, pants, down
> vest, fleece, and top and bottom raingear, 2 neck gaiters, a fleece hat,
> fleece hood and raingear hood. I was warm enough.
> We got home about one PM, all of our gear was damp and muddy, and I was
> glad to get home to a hot shower and a warm bed and a long nap.
> Today it never got above 60 at home in Apple Valley so I am sure it was
> another cold day for the hikers. Possibly wet as well. A friend of mine
> ran a marathon in Pasadena on Sunday in buckets of cold rain.
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