[pct-l] San Gabriels snow update

[kevin@hughes.net (Kevin Corcoran)]

The Angeles Crest Hwy is open from Wrightwood to Vincent Gap, despite 
what the Caltrans website says. (It is still closed from Vincent Gap 
to Islip Saddle).
  I climbed probably a third of the way to the summit of Mt 
Baden-Powell yesterday.  Didn't have time to go to the top but some 
climbers were.  I saw patches of north-facing snow as low as probably 
6400', and I turned back at probably 7500' where drifts on the trail 
were about 6' deep.  No trees down in the part I hiked, and 
overlooking the trail on Blue Ridge it didn't look like there was any 
snow over there.
 From Palmdale I can see that the summit of BP is very snowy. I expect 
that it would be prudent to bypass BP and Mt Williamson for the next 
several weeks.

Kevin Corcoran