[pct-l] Lone Pine - worth a stop?

[Christine Kudija" <cmkudija@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Christine Kudija)]

Dave writes re: descending from Trail Crest  <<18 inches over talus is no
fun when you keep poking through unexpectedly.>>

No kidding.  Punching through is one of my particular nightmares.
But the spring snowpack will have filled in the nooks and crannies,
persisting through June, when throughhikers are likely to use this route.
And we haven't finished April - Ma Nature might still have something in her
grabbag yet.

Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija

"Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top.
Then you will see how low it was."  Dag Hammarskjold



----- Original Message -----
From: <CMountainDave@aol.com>
To: <PCT-L@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Lone Pine - worth a stop?



In a message dated 4/2/03 9:16:22 PM, cmkudija@earthlink.net writes:

<< BUT - and this is a big BUT - the trail down from Trail Crest switchbacks
back and forth across a BIG headwall - and may still be snowcovered when you
get there.  The downroute can be done with an ice axe and mountaineering
skills if the trail's under snow >>

B ut make sure there is enough snow. I summited in late Nov. just after a
few
early snows. ( I had the summit to myself!) 18 inches over talus is no fun
when you keep poking through unexpectedly.
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