[pct-l] Late Season Hiking

[Scott Williams]

August in the Sierra is wonderful and the longer you can delay your entry
into the deserts, the better in terms of heat.  But once it cools down,
potentially from mid Sept on, they are beautiful.  I hiked them from the
last week in Sept till the middle of Oct and actually got some freezing
weather at elevation, and no really hot days.  You have to be cognizant of
water and distances between sources, but I always found good sources.
 North to South is the way to go in my opinion and end at Border.

Shroomer

On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Maxine Weyant <weyantm at msn.com> wrote:

> I've gone south from Tuolumne starting early August and it was great!  But
> unless you're totally broken in and trail-worthy, I wouldn't plan on a 25
> mile/day pace in that first week at those altitudes.  The water sources in
> the Sierras were abundant and all the resupply places were going full force
> because of all the JMT hikers that time of year.  I suggest you go to Muir
> Trail Ranch instead of VVR to save time.  It's just a mile or so off the
> trail and their hiker "box" consisted of multiple large buckets of various
> foods, TP, and soap, etc, that could get you by until you got to your next
> place.  If you ship a resupply to Muir Ranch, it's expensive and has to be
> shipped in a plastic bucket.  I didn't go beyond the Sierras that trip so I
> can't comment on the desert and SoCal sections for that time of year, but
> I'd imagine they'd be blazingly hot in August.  The Sierras are so
> beautiful in August, you should consider allowing yourself more time to
> enjoy it and maybe do the mo
>  st southernmost sections of CA at a more opportune time.  Just my 2cents.
>  Cheers,  Dys-feng shui-nal
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