[pct-l] 2012 PCT Hiker Register - Wapinitia Pass/Hwy 26, Oregon

[Walt Mayberry]

Updates from the Wapinitia Pass trail register are posted at the link below
- 33x Thru (20x NOBO, 8x SOBO, 1x FF), 36x Section and 106x day/short
leg/unknown hikers as of 8/16 @ 5:55 pm.

Speculation based on last year (which was a very high snow year down south)
and early Wapinitia Pass registry signings show only the early edge has yet
to reach Wapinitia Pass.  Given the low snow year down south, I originally
expected the pack might arrive here 1-2 weeks early this year.  Not clear
that is happening.  Last year the bubble came through about 8/27 - 9/12.
There were maybe 4 - 8 thru-hikers a day with 14 on one particular day (and
there may have been others who didn't declare themselves a thru-hiker or
didn't sign the register).

A rough guess is that the pack is still 1 - 2 weeks from Wapinitia Pass.
Doing a little math and assuming 25-30 mi per day, that says the lead of
the pack will be around McKenzie Pass this weekend and the tail will be
around Hwy 138/Diamond Lake Hwy crossing.  Willamette Pass/Odell Lake would
be about in the middle.

Next online update in about 2 weeks.

>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Walt Mayberry <wmayberry at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I placed a trail register at Wapinitia Pass, OR on July 8. It is in a box
>> on a post just to the west of the Hwy 26 crossing near mile 2108 (Postholer
>> map) / 2097 (Halfmile map) and about 10 mi south of Timberline Lodge.
>> Please leave a note to share with others as you pass.
>>
>> I will occasionally post register updates on the Postholder PCT forum at:
>>   http://postholer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2277
>> Entries from July 8 - 28 are now available.  Nine thru hikers have passed
>> so far, some SOBO.  I expect to post the next update in about a week.
>>
>> Wapanitia Pass trail registers for 2010 and 2011 can be viewed here:
>>   http://postholer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1357
>>
>> Walt
>>
>>