[pct-l] Sierra Footwear question

[dae151 at psu.edu (DANIEL ALAN ERDMAN)]

I went through the Sierras this year with running shoes and no ice axe.  I
normally did 2 passes a day and it usually worked out that one was late morning
and one was either mid afternoon or evening.  I had no problems kicking steps
in the reasonably soft snow. But this year was a low snow year.  Had it been
heavier i probably would have carried the ice axe.

On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 04:09:38 +0000, "dude" wrote:

> honestly, it depends on the year.  if its a heavy snow year, wearing 
> trail running shoes will be extremely difficult, if not impossible.  if 
> its a very dry year, it might be completely possible.  if its an 
> average year, it might be do-able if you are not among the first group 
> through the sierras and are able to follow in the footsteps of previous 
> hikers.  
> 
> in any event, I wouldn't even try it without an Ice axe, especially in 
> mid june.  in fact, you can almost bank on there being alot of snow in 
> mid june regardless of how heavy the snow was the preceding winter.
> 
> peace,
> dude
> 
> 
> 
> > Are trail running shoes ok between Kennedy Meadows and Tahoe for a
> > "normal" PCT thru-hike schedule (Mid June thru Mid July)?
> > I'm mostly concerned with the snow fields up/down passes.
> > Thanks in advance,
> > joe
> > 
> > 
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