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[pct-l] Sonora Pass
- Subject: [pct-l] Sonora Pass
- From: hankm at mtinet.com (Hank Magnuski)
- Date: Mon Jun 28 01:04:17 2004
This weekend I had the opportunity to day hike trails around Sonora Pass.
I met quite a few PCT thru hikers. Here is my report:
Trail Conditions --
Thru hikers coming from Tuolumne Meadows report no major problems with
snow, just occasional snowfield crossings which can be icy in the early
morning. There is enough snow left near Sonora Pass that some hikers were
glissading down the hill.
Two streams crossing were about thigh deep, but didn't cause any major
problems.
There were some blowdowns, but overall the trail from Tuolumne to Sonora
appears to be in good shape.
The main complaint I heard is that the mosquitoes were horrible. They've
now acquired a taste for thru hikers and are waiting in ambush for more.
The hikers requested that the trail maintenance crews remove all
mosquitoes from the middle third of this segment. Looks like a headnet
and deet are essential pack items for this journey.
People --
Meadow Mary was there doing her trail magic. She told me that True came by
on Thursday, and that earlier on Friday (6/25) Weather Carrot, Side Track
and Quixhote passed through.
I arrived around 5 pm on 6/26 and met Tigger, Captain Michael, Paparazzi,
Bec and Jimmy.
Tigger met her family and went off trail for a few days. Captain Michael
rode out with them. He's having achilles problems and was going to bounce
himself to Echo Lake to allow for several days of heel healing.
Paparazzi hiked out early Saturday morning.
Bec and Jimmy met their friend Aaron (Thanks for the beer, Aaron) and went
off-trail, but returned and restarted today (Sunday 6/27).
On Saturday around 11:30 Sprite showed up and asked if any of his friends
had come by. With a negative answer he decided to wait. Good move. By the
end of the day Skywalker, Home-made, Goat, Wicked, Sisu, Raru, Lisa,
Cicely-B, and GT (German Tourist) all pulled into camp.
Wicked made a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in Hetch Hetchy.
Cicely-B stayed a few hours and left Saturday.
Sisu turned her ankle crossing a stream and won't be covering major miles
until it heals.
The whole group left around 8 am today, Sunday (6/27).
Later today Laundromat, Iceman, Scrote and Radar came through. They
told me that Supertramp, Adam, Buck30 and Dude had hitched a ride to
Bridgeport. Mulligan was on his way to Kennedy Meadows.
Finally, Wildflower and Packman showed up shortly before I left.
So that's the PCT report from Sonora Pass.
Hank
p.s. Some photos are at:
http://www.mtinet.com/2004-PCT-Sonora/