[pct-l] snow levels

[CWillett at pierce.ctc.edu (Chris Willett)]

Note that the Elephant's Back can be competely avoided if desired, simply by hiking down to the valley below, then crossing it, then back up.    If snow is on it, that is what I would recommend, as there is a lot of run out and the track is steep and in the shade (so, it takes a long time to melt).

Suge

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Christopher Willett
cwillett@pierce.ctc.edu
www.pierce.ctc.edu/faculty/cwillett
Pierce College
9401 Farwest Drive SW.
Lakewood, WA. 98498-1999

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> From: 	pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net on behalf of larry hillberg
> Sent: 	Saturday, January 15, 2005 8:32 AM
> To: 	pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: 	[pct-l] snow levels
> 
> Our ski condo at Kirkwood, several miles west of and
> several hundred feet lower than Carson Pass and the
> PCT, received twenty two feet of snow during the last
> four-day series of storms.  That's twenty two FEET. 
> What that means for late June/early July thru hikers
> is impossible to predict, but it's a big clue.  Your
> climb along Elephant's Back will be memorable, if not
> scary and life threatening.
> 
> Larry H 
> 
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