[pct-l] Re water sonora pass to echo lake

[Terry]

Hi Dan,
I'm hiking up the trail right now and roughly 23 miles south of Tuolumne Meadows, will be there this afternoon. We got 4" of snow Saturday night/Sunday morning and with the melt there is a lot more water here, so really not much to worry about.  
When are you starting your hike?  I have my truck parked at Tuolumne right now and plan on driving up to Echo Lake tomorrow (Tuesday) morning and either take the bus back, or hitch back to the meadows where I left off and hike back to the truck starting Wednesday.  If it works for you, maybe we  buddy up and help each other with the logistics of the hike.

Terry

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On Sep 22, 2013, at 9:50 AM, sarah estrella <skestrella at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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>> I plan on hiking from sonora pass to echo lake next week.  I noticed on
>> halfmile's maps there were a lot of seasonal creeks.  Are there many
>> reliable water sources this late in the year in this section?  Thanks!
> 
> Hi Dan.  Just got back from that section.  Surprisingly, all the seasonal creeks were running except WACS1030, WACS 1055 (Eagle Creek), and WA 1066 (Tamarack Lake outlet).  The first two were no big deal, but lack of water at Tamarack Lake outlet meant no water between Wet Meadows at 1063 and Lost Lakes at 1072.  Tamarack Lake itself is not as easy to access as it looks, but Lost Lakes are. With this recent storm, there should be more water now.  By the time I crossed Highway 50 yesterday, the artificial creek draining Echo Lakes was uncrossable and I had to road walk the rest of the way.  Have a great time!
> FreeRange
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