[pct-l] Hiking Boots vs Trail Runners for Sierra 2017?

[Melanie Clarke]

I'm concerned that hiking in August is going to be different than hiking in
a high snow year in June.  I also hiked the JMT in August in trail runners.
Is there anyone who has hiked the Sierras in June, in the 2010 or 2011 snow
years?

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On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 7:53 PM, Mark Hurwitz <markhurwitz56 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi M,
> I hiked the JMT last August in Pearl Izumi trail runners with a 35 pound
> pack and had no problems. Of course everyone is different, but I spoke to
> at least 4 people with hiking boots and blisters. Didn't see any other
> trail runners while I was out there though.
> Mark
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On May 24, 2017, at 8:14 PM, Melanie Clarke <melaniekclarke at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have some European friends hiking the PCT this year and they are
> > wondering if I should mail them their hiking boots to Kennedy Meadows for
> > the Sierras; or if they should continue to use their trail runners with
> > sturdy gaters to the knee.  They are 24 miles from Hikertown right now so
> > they will be in Kennedy Meadows in a couple of weeks.  My friends says
> that
> > they only use hiking boots when they hike in the Alps.  But they really
> > like the trail runners they are using now.  Boots would stay wet forever
> > after a stream crossing etc.
> >
> > All comments appreciated.
> >
> > m
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