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

[Brick Robbins <brick@fastpack.com>]

At 06:03 PM 5/4/00 , Reynolds, WT wrote:
>I believe that trying to climb Forrester BEFORE two weeks after the
>UpperTyndallCreek snow pillow hits ZERO snow requires serious mountaineering
>experience.

Actually, Mather Pass is MUCH more difficult than Forester Pass If the 
Chute is a problem on Forester, you can scramble up to the left. The 
cornice on Mather provides a much more difficult barrier.

If one cannot deal with the snow, then don't bother to thru-hike the PCT...

All IMHO, YMMV

Brick

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