[pct-l] Section I-Tuolumne to Sonora Pass

[Rob Langsdorf]

With all the high water this year it is amazing that only two PCT hikers lost their lives in river crossings. I wonder what the total loss has been due to high water this year.
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      From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
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https://www.pcta.org/2017/sadness-deaths-pacific-crest-trail-50680/

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 2:43 PM, Clif Reeder <clifreeder at gmail.com> wrote:
> I left Tuolomene July 13 and got to Sonora Pass three days later. We were
> expecting it to be smooth sailing but we were very wrong. There was enough
> snow to lose the trail frequently and got lost following foot steps that
> went way off trail, and some of the streams that didn't have log crossings
> were waist high on me (6'3" tall). None of that felt dangerous though,
> since it was less bad than the rest of the High Sierra.
>
> The north side of Seavy Pass going down to Rancheria Creek was really
> sketchy. Very steep descent since the trail was lost in snow and thick
> woods, and then the trail was on rock scrambles and steep snow next to the
> raging creek. Here is one photo from there I took
> http://https//instagram.com/p/BW8chGFlnnk/ and a wider one from another
> hiker https://instagram.com/p/BWqihDRnQLL/
>
> Getting up Sonora was through a pretty large snow field, and getting down
> was maybe a 150 yard glissade that I used my ice axe to break the entire
> way. Tons of snow still on both sides of that pass.
>
> All that said, a lot of snow will probably melt in a month. Creeks will be
> a lot lower. It will certainly be possible - lots of people have done it
> this year. Just have a GPS, microspikes and an ice axe.
>
> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:03 PM Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com> wrote:
>
>> Recently two hikers have drown in creek crossings in this section.
>> Everyone freaks out about snow, but the snow won't kill you. Worry
>> about water. I hiked in a high snow year, and Kerrick Canyon scared
>> the crap out of me. I could have just as easily been the killed there
>> too.
>>
>> Read more here
>> https://www.facebook.com/donna.saufley/posts/10155529181154785
>>
>> and Here
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/PacificCrestTrailAngels/permalink/1338927669538632/
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 2:58 AM, claire rdl <clairerdl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Any trail reports for section I (Tuolumne Meadows to Sonora Pass)? I
>> just received this image of the Sonora pass trailhead saying it was taken 3
>> weeks ago? Does it still look anything like this?
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