[pct-l] Hiker division out of Kennedy Meadows

[Stephan Braun]

Seems like my late start on May 23rd in Campo will help me now. once I arrive in KM there shouldn't be much Snow left, hopefully.

Steneo

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> Am 19.05.2016 um 09:42 schrieb Lucky Man <luckymanhikes at gmail.com>:
> 
> I just finished an excellent section hike from Campo to Walker Pass. I met
> a number of hikers who said they were planning to go north to Ashland or
> Chester or Donner Pass and then go south. Others said that didn't make
> sense because those people would still encounter lots of snow, especially
> those going to Donner.
> Some others were leaving the trail at KM or WP for a few weeks, eg one guy
> to attend his graduation in SL Obispo and another guy to work in LA, then
> planned to resume northbound from where they left.
> Many were planning to keep going into the Sierras, including some who
> admitted they had no ice ax or crampons or microspikes - even after I told
> them the trail angel who gave me a ride back to the pct from mojave said
> the sierras just got three more feet of snow ...
> There might be hikers already in the sierras but I personally dont know of
> any. I'm glad I hiked the sierras last summer.
> 
>> On Thursday, May 19, 2016, Douglas Tow <douglastow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I am looking for information about hikers departing Kennedy Meadows.
>> 
>> Are a meaningful number bouncing north?
>> 
>> Of those bouncing north, where is the predominant point of reentry, and in
>> what direction?
>> 
>> Of those not bouncing north, is there a meaningful number entering the
>> Sierra?
>> 
>> If anyone knows of hikers already in the Sierra, whereabouts might they
>> be?  Individual hiker info, with or without names, would be very helpful.
>> 
>> Many thanks,
>> 
>> Chipmunk
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