[pct-l] Flood damage in N Washington

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I don't know how much of the PCT will have to be skipped.  What I do know is 
that those washed-out bridges mentioned in the article are over 
rivers/creeks which are HUGE and fast-flowing.  They also come out of the 
glaciers, so the water looks like milk.  I would not want to ford those 
creeks.  The water looks too fast, and you can't see through it.  These 
creeks are way more than anything you'll see in the Sierras.  Of course, 
there may be good crossings upstream or downstream from the location of the 
bridges.  I don't know, cause I didn't need to look.

The PCT is not the only trail in the woods.  If the official PCT is closed, 
you'll have an alternate route.  By the time northbound hikers get to 
Northern Washington, I would imagine the local authorities will have this 
figured out.  They know you're coming.  As we learned this year, nature 
doesn't care if we walk the PCT.  Fires, snow, and rain may force a detour.  
When that happens, the detour becomes your PCT.  It's the trail that you had 
when you were at that spot.  If you could walk the official PCT, you would.  
But, when you can't, you make the best informed choice, and take another 
trail.

For what it's worth, the detour this year around the Rainy Pass fire was 
BEAUTIFUL.  Well, except for the 16-mile road walk.  The other 26 miles of 
the detour were fantastic.  And we never would have seen that if it wasn't 
for the fire.

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