[pct-l] First Post

[Pete Sandel]

My fiancé and I are leaving March 7 with similar plans to to go slow and easy . We are doing a 5 day enroute snow course starting past Kennedy Meadows with Ned Tibbits. You can get info on his site at mountain education. I think it looks as though we will get so now and ice as well through SoCal so just winging it with crampons and whippet if needed. Lots of good info on Facebook ...The Pacific Crest Trail Class of 2016 and the PCT Class of 2016,!regarding your question . PCTA permits are,open now as,well,so you might want to get that done.


Pete Sandel
YNF Consulting , LLC
Cell- 432.413.9384

> On Feb 1, 2016, at 10:32 AM, Gordon <gwmori at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Additional comment below
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>> On Jan 31, 2016, at 6:59 PM, Gordon Mori <gwmori at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> I have been reading the PCT books which I understand were written several years ago.  They seem to suggest the popular starting time for a hike-thru S to N to be in late April or early May.  Although we have had quite a bit of precipitation this winter,  with the draught over the past few years I wondered if it possible to start earlier say in March?  I am 57 years old and was hoping to take a more leisurely 5-6 months for the trek and wanted to avoid going into the fall.  Is this a bad idea to try to start earlier? It seems the problem is the snow in the Sierras. Can one backpack in the snow with the proper gear and training?
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>> Regards
>> 
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