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[pct-l] Snow and Rain around Stehekin
- Subject: [pct-l] Snow and Rain around Stehekin
- From: binghamstehekin at starband.net (Dick and Adele Bingham)
- Date: Mon Oct 13 10:34:23 2003
GM everyone
Well, I have to report LOTS of rain here in Stehekin. It rained almost 0.9" during a 28-hour period ending 8PM yesterday. The ridges above our house show significant amounts of fresh snow, too, down to 6000/7000 feet.
The temperature yesterday morning was 40F at 1300-feet where I live so the snow-level must have been close to 6000-feet. The thru-hikers had better get moving if they want to comfortably complete the last stretch between Stehekin and Manning!
The local streams showed a significant peak in flow-rate too with all the rainfall but I do not think that will cause much trouble. The cable bridge at Basin Creek (on the trail between Cascade Pass and Stehekin Road) has been removed for the season according to a report from one of the NPS trail-crew.
Happy hiking,
Dick Bingham - w7wkr
Stehekin, WA