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

[calliger@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard)]

Yup!

We (Sonora Pass) just got whacked with 2 feet of the most beautiful white
stuff u ever seen in the last two days and it has been dern
coldest of the entire winter at 20 deg!

Go figure.

Decemeber in April.

We **were** looking at at early opening of the Pass also!

R

At 09:46 PM 4/3/03 -0800, Christine Kudija wrote:
>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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