[pct-l] wildflowers after ADZPCTKO?

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

It's a bad year for wildflowers. Trailhacker and I hiked across the  
Mojave section and there were no carpets and only scattered small  
flowers. There were some nice displays on one hillside at altitude  
near Tehachapi. It's been disappointing here in Santa Barbara, too.  
Lackluster and pretty much over.
Diane

On Apr 22, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: David Hough on pct-l <pcnst2001 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] wildflowers after ADZPCTKO?
>
> After visiting at ADZPCTKO during the day Saturday, and lodging  
> elsewhere
> before and after, I'd like to see some desert wildflowers while hiking
> along the PCT on Sunday.
>
>> From past years I remember good wildflowers around the former  
>> Lucky 7 cache,
> and also in the Tejon Ranch segment immediately south of Hwy  
> 138.    However
> I don't remember the time of year clearly, and anyway this has not  
> been
> a normal year, so things may be different.     If anybody can  
> recommend
> a good display in the past few days this year, that might be a good  
> starting
> point.      Otherwise my inclination is to start from Snow Creek  
> Village
> and head up toward Fuller Ridge until I run out of steam.      
> Certainly
> lots of different life zones in a few miles, so maybe one of them  
> is in
> bloom.       This pretty much has to be a dayhike since I have to  
> be back
> at work in San Jose on Monday.