Re: [pct-l] Snow-y-go-round.

[Brick Robbins <brick@fastpack.com>]

At 01:51 PM 5/4/00 , Bighummel@aol.com wrote:
>   If you
>extrapolate this decline to zero water content (ie. no snow) it will take 30
>days.  Will it take a hiker 30 days to walk from Kennedy Mdws to Upper
>Tyndall Creek?  Probably not, but then he doesn't need all of the snow melted
>off in order to travel at a good pace either.

Here is what Forester looked like about 10 days after Upper Tyndall creek 
showed 0 inches of water content

http://www.fastpack.com/brick/forester.html

The note says "early season" but I took the photo July 13, 1995. I crossed 
in running shoes with my toy ice axe, but the trail across the chute had 
been dug out by the Charlotte Lake Ranger (no tourists, so they were 
bored...) I hit snow about Big Horn Plateau and stayed in and out of it all 
the way to Vidette Meadows - North of Forester Pass. The Snow Pillow at 
Upper Tyndall was snow free when I went through there. I took the time to 
hike to the Ranger station and have a look.

I did not have a fun time, but it was doable.

-Brick

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