[pct-l] Northbounders?

[Brick Robbins]

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=WAZ518

Monday Night: Rain showers...snow showers and a chance of
thunderstorms. ... Total snow accumulation 4 to 16 inches. Snow level
near 4500 feet.

On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Jeffrey Olson
<jjolson60 at centurylink.net> wrote:
> Here's one NOBO who made a good choice...  this is taken from his
> journal...
>
> Jeff
>
> Well, folks, about 48 miles north of Stevens Pass  my friend and I
> decided it wasn't safe to keep hiking. At that point we were at 5,000
> feet and the snow was falling hard and sticking. We backtracked those 48
> miles, and every one of those miles convinced us we'd made the right
> choice (as well as the three inches of snow on our tents we woke up to
> yesterday morning). A little bummed we couldn't get that photo at the
> border, but glad we made a smart choice.
>
> On 9/29/2013 6:53 PM, Carol wrote:
>> Got a Tweet from one of them yesterday saying, "~80 miles left to hike to Canada. Weather may stop us - heavy snow & mudslides. Tension is really high, dozens of hikers are held up."
>>
>
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