[pct-l] April 2017 Thru Hike

[Samantha O]

What are sun cups?

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017, 6:00 PM Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Todd Cantor <tcantor33 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > All valid points. I am picking up snowshoes, mountain gaiters, an axe
> and a GPS at KM.
>
> Showshoes will be unused dead weight in the Sierra for an April start.
> You will be walking on consolidated snow. Any fresh snow will be a
> small enough quantity that you won't need snowshoes. Sun-cups and
> postholing will be your issues, not fluffy powder. Your real issue
> will be the creek crossings.
>
> Unless you have decided on a road walk from Idyllwild to Black
> Mountain Campground, and also skipping Baden Powell, I would pick up
> your ice axe in Idyllwild. If the trail is open between Hwy 74 and
> Tahquitz Peak I would pick it up in Anza. If you don't want to carry
> it across the desert, mail it to KM from Agua Dulce.
>
> HYOH, YMMV
> Have fun
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