[pct-l] Rain pants, rain kilt, wind pants, or nothing for the Sierra?

[Jeffrey Olson]

My experience of hiking in the Sierra for 45 years is you do need a rain 
jacket or poncho, and don't need rain pants.  I've been stuck in two 
daystorms,or weather fronts that moved through that had it spit and 
rain, spit some more, rain some more, with sun breaks.

The norm though, is a five to seven day pattern of heat build up in the 
valleys, and thunderclouds, then storms, then clear weather in the high 
country.  The clear weather can last two to five days.  But the cycle, 
in the most general, is about a week.  You can have dayafter day of warm 
weather with few clouds, and day after day of rain.  Both are a bit more 
anomalous than thethunderstorm cycle.

Just my remembrance!

Jeffrey Olson
Rapid City, SD

On 5/29/2013 11:39 AM, Alan Miller wrote:
> Thank you everyone who responded to my last post about July 4th.  We got
> our permit reserved for the JMT/PCT loop section by Mammoth!  Now the fun
> stuff - gear.  I see a lot of gear lists where people do not add rain pants
> or even a rain jacket until Oregon.  I struggle with this because where we
> live, rain is inevitable on most trips.  I always pack a rain jacket and
> rain pants.  Are rain pants necessary in the Sierra at the beginning of
> July or would a pair of wind pants be enough?  Or, should we not bother
> with either?  Both of our rain jackets are very light, so I will pack them
> anyway, but the pants are kind of heavy.  Thanks
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