[pct-l] San Jacinto report

[Scott Williams]

If Amoeba can hike the AT twice in Crocs, you can darn sure hike a few miles
in Chacos.  Good for finding something that works.

Shroomer

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> Just a little report for anyone still south of San Jacinto.
> Trailhacker and I hiked over San Jacinto from Spitler Trail to just
> shy of the start of Section C. There was water at every source listed
> on Halfmile's maps and in many little creeks in between. There was
> still some snow on Fuller Ridge but nothing to worry about. Just
> humps you have to walk over. Some fallen trees on the trail, a few
> quite large. None impossible to get around on foot, though. The
> switchbacks down to Snow Creek are very overgrown. Had our permits
> checked by rangers twice (but it was Memorial Day weekend.)
>
> We had hurricane winds and ice-fog and ice chunks the size of your
> hand falling out of the trees. It was an ice wonderland. Some of the
> larger creeks had ice on all the rocks you might want to step on, so
> I walked right in the cold water. Brr. It was below freezing on
> Sunday. It was probably a delightful 60 the following day, I'm guessing.
>
> I did all this wearing sandals. I keep on hiking in these darn Chacos
> and they keep on working out. So anybody who has really bad foot/shoe
> problems might consider trying them. I wear them with wool socks.
> They are not good on snow, however, even though I keep walking on
> snow with them.
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