[pct-l] pct closures in WA.

[inaki.diazdeetura at madrid.sema.slb.com (Inaki Diaz de Etura Lopez)]

let me revive this old thread to ask about the alternate route suggested
for the pct Glacier Peak area (quoted below). I'd like to know about the
manageability of the trails mentioned and particularly about the river
crossings involved (Napeequa and Chiwawa). ?Are they bridged? if not,
?any difficult to ford? I'd be hiking south bound in early-mid august.
inaki

> Don't start hitchhiking just yet.  There are other ways to get from Stevens
> pass to Stehekin.  1) It is not impossible to hike the PCT around Glacier
> Peak with the bridges out.  It was the norm during the '70s and '80s.
> Although the stream crossings may be much worse after the recent storms.  A
> lot depends on snow pack this year.  Crossing the Suiattle with out a bridge
> may be a real problem.  2) The east side of Glacier Peak was not hit as
> hard. It is in the rain shadow.  Jump off of the PCT at White Pass.  Hike
> down the White River to Boulder Creek.  Hike up Boulder Creek and cross
> Boulder pass into Napeequa Valley.  Exit Napeequa either over High Pass to
> Buck Creek Pass or over Little Giant Pass to the Chiwawa River and up the
> road a short distance to the old mining town of Trinity.  High pass is more
> technical.  From Buck Creek Pass or Trinity, there are several routes to
> lake Chelan and the PCT.  Napeequa Valley is one of the most beautiful
> places that I have ever seen.  This route was listed as a PCT alternate on
> older Forest Service maps.