[pct-l] Belden to Old Station late June

[Herb Stroh]

I hiked from Castle Crags south to Chester last year starting around June 10. 

A few areas had been cleared, and I passed crews hard at work to address the remainder. Nevertheless, there were still some lengthy sections that had plenty of downed trees requiring extensive practice of "deadfall yoga". The forested sections are generally not in areas of difficult terrain, so there was always a reasonable means to get around the obstacle. Once or twice I had to hunt around to regain the trail, as several trees fell not across but on the trail, obscuring it for some distance. It did slow me down and had me picking sap off of my hands and pack for the rest of the trip, but there was nothing hazardous. Reduce your miles per day estimates a bit and you should be ok.

Herb

-----Original Message-----
From: Pct-L [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Susan Virnig
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 11:10 AM
To: <Pct-l at backcountry.net>
Subject: [pct-l] Belden to Old Station late June

Thanks to the several folks who responded to my questions re section hiking Section D or F in late June — very helpful.  I had actually wanted to hike Belden to Old Station, but assumed that the trail thru Lassen would still be full of snow.  Just talked with a ranger at Lassen and he said a lot of their precipitation in recent months has been in the form of rain, and that he expects the PCT to be pretty snow-free — with some north-facing patches left — by June 20, when we hope to start.  

The ranger did say to expect a lot of downed trees at that point in time.  Has anyone hiked this portion of Section N in late June?  Any thoughts or recommendations would be very helpful.  Of course, I’ll continue to check in with him as the time grows close, but any advice would be most appreciated.  (I’ve already hiked Old Station to Manning, so am slowly section hiking my way south.)

—Susan from Spokane, aka Sunshine
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