[pct-l] Anybody know what Olancha Pass is like?

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I shouldn't have worried so much. TrailHacker is alive.

He provides the following information. Hopefully he'll be home soon  
to post whatever I forgot or misunderstood.

1. The Spanish Needle creeks, according to the ranch owner of the  
area, look like they would in September after a hot dry summer. But  
there was water.

2. In fact, there was water everywhere there was supposed to be water.

3. It was 27 degrees one day leaving Tehachapi and 80 the other day  
in Kennedy Meadows. He thinks this seems a little backwards.

4. There was almost no snow at all on Olancha pass. Almost no snow  
between Kennedy Meadows and Trail Pass where he exited. Mt. Langley  
looked like it didn't have much snow left on it.

5. He saw a fighter jet about 100 feet directly overhead flying  
upside down. He could see the guy in the cockpit.

He's hiking down the road (it's still closed) to some resort with  
Lilac in the name. I can't find it doing a google search. He's going  
to stay there tonight. It's 12 miles from the Trail Pass trailhead  
down that road. Hopefully he can figure out transportation home. If  
anyone is going to Kickoff on Friday and is in the area of Lone Pine,  
maybe you could help him get part way to Santa Barbara and I can pick  
him up somewhere like Mojave? If so, I can send you his phone number  
or give him yours, if there is cell service at that resort. Otherwise  
hopefully someone will see his forelorn figure continuing down the  
lonely road to Lone Pine.

On Apr 25, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com
> 	<diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Anybody know what Olancha Pass is like?
>
> Still haven't heard from TrailHacker.
>
> Anybody know what Olancha Pass is like right now? A lot of snow? How
> is the weather up there? It's sort of strange here in Santa Barbara.
> Sort of like rain.