[pct-l] Snow Depth Tool on PCTA

[Nobohiker]

Hi there,

I am thinking about a section hike in SoCal later this month. Getting on 
the PCT would take me to the top of Mt San Jacinto first and since the 
elevation is 10,833' / 3,302m and they had a snow storm coming through 
last week, I am obviously concerned about snow depth/ice. So I checked 
every other day or so on the pcta.org website for snow depth. After the 
storm, the tool made sense as it was showing snow above 7000isch ft. 
Then, every other day or so, the snow line was moving up...then 
recently, no snow was reported at all, which does not make sense.
So I pinged the local hiker community and sure enough there still is 
plenty of snow up there, patches around 7500 increasing with elevation.

So heads up for all of you out there to be careful with that tool. This 
probably can be said about all tools and forecasts...

Happy Trails,

Section Hiker Rick



My planned route:
https://goo.gl/maps/GQbam

Link to the local Hikers:
http://www.mtsanjacinto.info

Snow Depth Tool on PCTA:
http://www.pcta.org/discover-the-trail/maps-and-guidebooks/
then select "Snow Depth"