[pct-l] section hike

[m.karon at comcast.net (Marshall Karon)]

According to the "book", Section M is between Highway 49 (Sierra City) and
Highway 70 (Belden on the Feather River). That section could be OK in June.
Elevations are 6000-7000+  to 2300. As I remember it, the section out of
Sierra City goes up into a treeless traverse with great views. I would call
locals in Sierra City to see what they know.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@comcast.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dude" <dude@fastmail.ca>
To: <melleeaz@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] section hike


> If you are talking about the Hwy 4 in California between Yosemite and
> Lake Tahoe, there will likely be TONS of snow on May 30th.  Whether
> or not its "too dangerous" is a rather personal judgement; what some
> people consider too dangerous might be "fun" to someone else.
>
> This also will depend on how much snow falls in the Sierra this year,
> and specifically how much snow falls in late season.  If winter
> abruptly ends early and warm weather moves in and melts the snow, you
> might be ok.  But more than likely, there will be HUGE amounts of
> deep snow on all the high passes and snow could cover the trail for
> many miles.  In fact, you could easily get snowed on in May in the
> Sierra.
>
> This is also early enough in the season so that there will be few if
> any tracks from previous hikers and you will likely not see very many
> people on the trail at this time so far north.
>
> My advice: if you do not have fairly extensive snow-travel experience
> in the mountains, then your should reschedule or choose another
> area.  On may 30th, I would be very surprised if there wasn't at the
> very least fairly significant snow intermittently scattered about
> most areas of the trail between Kennedy Meadows south and the
> Canadian border, which is about 1800 miles of the trail (there will
> be some low spots that won't have snow).
>
> Good luck.
>
> peace,
> dude
>
>
> > We would like to go from Hwy 4 through section M starting May
> > 30th.  Are there any areas that would be too dangerous because of
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