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

[kschmidt at ssl.berkeley.edu]

Hi,

I hiked the trail with a friend  on Nov. 12 (the campgrounds were closed).
We hiked from Sea to Skyline, and we did it in about eleven hours. I think
the trail is doable in one day. I saw 3-4 peolpe with overnight packs
heading in.

This is an absolutely beautiful trail, that I highly recommend. Here is a
link to my brief trip report from that hike:
http://postholer.com/journal/viewJournal.php?sid=dd28c957167437cfe045da1d289f6ecd&entry_id=27663

If you decide to poach the campgrounds or wilderness camp please Leave No
Trace.

Happy Trails,
Karl

On Mon, November 21, 2011 4:15 pm, Tim Gustafson wrote:
> 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/
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