[pct-l] Winter Hiking the Mojave?

[Diane Soini]

It's been unseasonably warm lately. There won't be any snow in the  
Tehachapis. If you can go right now you'd have really pleasant  
weather. I just did a trip about 80 miles to the west and it was  
mid-70s during the day. A bit nippy at night but really oddly warm  
for this time of year. I didn't get to 6000 feet but there was no  
snow on the north slopes of peaks that high and at the altitude I was  
at, my water did not freeze when left out overnight.

On Jan 1, 2014, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Subject: [pct-l] Winter Hiking the Mojave?
>
> Would winter hiking be feasible from Highway 138 (Mile 517) up to  
> Highway
> 58 (Mile 566)?  There is a patch that gets up to 6000 feet or more,  
> so I
> suppose it depends on snow levels for that part?
> Ron "Slo Charger" Graybill