[pct-l] Weekend Hike (Tangentially PCT-Related)

[rcluster at comcast.net]

So, I don't know where the Skyline-to-Sea trail is but.... 

Do you have to camp in a campground? 


Snowplow 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Gustafson" <tjg at tgustafson.com> 
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 4:15:20 PM 
Subject: [pct-l] Weekend Hike (Tangentially PCT-Related) 

Hi, 

I was thinking I would hike the Skyline-to-Sea Trail this Thanksgiving 
vacation, only to find out that all the camp sites along the trail are 
closed for the Winter. 

The conversation I had with the ranger on the phone about this was a 
bit comical. It went something like this: 

Ranger: "All the campgrounds are closed." 

Me: "So, the trail is closed then?" 

Ranger: "Well, you can hike the trail, you just can't camp." 

Me: "It's 30 miles." 

Ranger: "Well, yeah, you can't do it in one day." 

Me: "So, effectively, the trail is closed." 

Ranger: "Yeah, I guess you can't do it all in one day." 

Anyhow... 

So, now that my plans have been foiled, I was wondering if anyone 
could recommend a good three-day-two-night hike somewhere reasonably 
close to Santa Cruz County that I could tackle on 
Friday/Saturday/Sunday this weekend? I think my fallback plan might 
be to do some hiking at Henry Coe, but I was curious if anyone had any 
other recommendations. 

How is this at all related to the PCT, you ask? Well, this was one of 
the weekend training hikes I was planning for myself leading up to my 
starting to section hike the PCT in the Spring. 

Thanks in advance for any recommendations! 

-- 

Tim Gustafson 
tjg at tgustafson.com 
http://tgustafson.com/ 
_______________________________________________ 
Pct-L mailing list 
Pct-L at backcountry.net 
To unsubcribe, or change options visit: 
http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l 

List Archives: 
http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/ 
All content is copyrighted by the respective authors. 
Reproduction is is prohibited without express permission.