[pct-l] SOBO Section: Ashland to Walker Pass

[Scott Williams]

Hey there Special K.  So good to hear from you all the way back there in
Chicago!  And thanks for all the years of wonderful Trail Angeling when you
were in Idyllwild.  Man do I remember that incredible taco bar you used to
create!!!

May 27th is still very early in a normal or high snow year to go through
that section.  In a low snow year it could be fine.  In 2010, a high snow
year, a number of folks jumped north to avoid the very snowy High Sierra,
only to find a trail they couldn't follow in the snowy forests south of
Castle Crags.  That was in the first two weeks in June.  Some friends made
it through going south and we nobos met them in Desolation Wilderness near
Tahoe in mid to late July.  Others did not make it and turned around having
completely lost the trail in the snow.  One person went 50 miles south only
to turn around in utter desperation at the deep snow.

So, it's again, all about the weather and what it looks like come mid to
late May.  It could be cold, but a nice walk, or it could be still deep in
snow.  Keep your plans flexible as I know you can.  And however the weather
goes, have a wonderful hike.  So good to see you still heading out there!

Thanks again for the help when I hiked through.

Shroomer

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Karen Keller <karen.kellerford at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Start date: May 27, 2015 I hike at a slow pace and I wish to avoid snow if
> possible. This plan will put me in the Sierra/JMT mid August to Mid
> September. Suggestions? Thoughts? Advise? Has anyone on the list done this
> or going to be doing this? I will be flying to Oregon from Chicago. To get
> to the trail in Southern Oregon is Medford the best airport and is there
> ground transport to the trail? Is there a better choice for trail access
> from an airport in Southern Oregon or Northern California?
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