[pct-l] The Wind River Range

[Carol]

I haven't had the opportunity to hike the WRR yet, but it is at the top of my list. A few years ago I was vacationing with friends, driving from Jackson Hole to Colorado. Wasn't paying much attention (one can be desensitized by the grandeur of Yellowstone and pristine vistas of the Tetons.) Then I became aware that we were driving through somewhere extraordinary. I can't capture it in words, but it seemed to me to be a collection of thousands of perfectly arranged vignettes -- misty vegetation, rocks, flora, and water, all under a turquoise sky. I dragged out the map to find where. From then on, "Wind River" has been synonymous with "magic" in my mind's eye. Come to think of it, I may abandon my PCT dreams and hike the Winds instead. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 4, 2014, at 4:30 PM, James Vesely <jvesely at sstinternational.com> wrote:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUriTfb_4Kg
> 
> 
> Looks real nice! 
> 
> 
> 
> Yeah, you don't want to have to experience that. Go do a section hike of
> 
> the CDT instead. I highly recommend the Winds. That's the most gorgeous 
> place I have ever been.
> 
>> On 02/04/2014 06:00 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 13
>> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:00:43 -0800 (PST)
>> From: CClark<dr_carolyn at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Start time
>> 
>> 
>> So the only time we can get time off work is from mid June to mid
> August. ?Yet we are very eager to hike SoCal [either Sections A-B-D or
> D-E-F] because we have completed all the other sections of the PCT
> except those six.?
>> 
>> Would we be really foolish to try to complete D-E-F between about June
> 14 to July 4? We are old, but we are still able to hike 20 miles a day
> carrying a full load of water.
>> 
>> Is the water report still being updated that late in the season??
> _______________________________________________
> Pct-L mailing list
> Pct-L at backcountry.net
> To unsubscribe, or change options visit:
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
> 
> List Archives:
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/
> All content is copyrighted by the respective authors. 
> Reproduction is prohibited without express permission.