[pct-l] king 5 news- rescue

[Andrea Dinsmore]

This was not a SOBO Pct hiker. He came out of the Darrington area on a
couple of day hiking trip. Like with the snow he encountered, the PCT is not
ready for anyone. There is still close to 100" of snow on all the passes
that the PCT crosses up here. It is still snowing up high and plenty of
recent avalanches. Usual start time for SOBO is around June 15th. Watch your
snow levels at Harts, Rainy, Steven's and Snoqualmie Passes to gage when you
should start. You are not as tough or experienced as you may think when you
can not find the trail. Also, as the snow starts to melt the rivers and
creeks become raging death traps up here. There's nothing cool about being
lost or dead.

PCT MOM



On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Kit Burkhart <kitravensong at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Wow- it doesn't surprise me. What is the earliest that a southbound PCTer
> has started?  What has it been like for southbounders starting early- snow
> conditions, avalanches, etc? How many miles a day can a typical PCTer do in
> spring snow in the North Cascades while needing to carry more gear for
> winter conditions?  If I started southbound late April-early May in
> conditions like this spring I would go a bit eastward where the mountains
> aren't so steep and reduce the risks of getting caught in an avalanche.
>
> Ravensong
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