[pct-l] Heights

[Ed Jarrett]

I remember hiking down off of Fuller Ridge last year in a storm and the wind nearly blew me off the trail several times.  Fortunately it was mostly blowing toward the ridge so I was not blown off the mountain.

Ed Jarrett (Eeyore)Web site: http://aclayjar.netTwitter: https://twitter.com/EdJarrett53 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ed.jarrett.71 

> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:53:24 -0700
> From: caver456 at gmail.com
> To: rod at rodmiller.com
> CC: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Heights
> 
> We went on the Kepler Track about 10 years ago.  The hut warden on night
> one said "you folks are lucky, the walkers yesterday had to deal with 80
> mph wind and snow just below freezing."  I asked if anyone had been blown
> off that trail and she said "Of course."  Interesting.  She mentioned that
> most folks crawled in high wind.  We lucked out and got mixed clouds with
> probably 30mph gusts most of the day but not quite bad enough to crawl.
> The trail is mostly nice and wide with thick tussocks of grass on the
> slopes so the 'numbers' were very low.  Seems like it got a lot more
> interesting when the ridge curves south and you are perpendicular to the
> wind, with the metal stairs atop the ridgeline.
>