[pct-l] Here's a Contraversial One...

[scourtway at bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)]

> Nothing in the Lagunas

some of us love to make snow predictions, and my yearly prediction which
proves itself now and again is a late april snowstorm in the Lagunas.....

heh heh

s.c.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hiker" <hiker@godlikebuthumble.com>
To: "Michael Lissner" <mlissner@aidshike.org>; "PCT List"
<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Here's a Contraversial One...


> At 02:28 PM 2/27/05, Michael Lissner wrote:
> >My question is this: What are the odds, in the esteemed, valued and
> >knowledgeable opinion of those reading this list, that I will encounter
> >long stretches of snow south of Kennedy Meadows? From what I've gathered,
> >it's possible to encounter it around San Jacinto, and even the Laguna
> >mountains, but I'm not so concerned with say a mile of snow, but rather
> >with days and days of the wet stuff. Will I hit any of that south of
> >Kennedy Meadows, and if so, where? (Bearing in mind that it's not quite
> >April yet, but that it is currently snowing along the Sierras.)
>
> Nothing in the Lagunas.
>
> You will probably find snow from sometime after the Pines to Palms Highway
> to Black Mtn Road in Section B, though the only places where you could
> really get lost are in the Little Tahquitz valley (map B9) and from the
> Marrion Ridge trail (map B9) intersection to Fuller ridge since you are
> following ridges the rest of the time.
>
> You might also find snow in Section C from upper Mission Creek to Holcomb
> Crossing trail camp.
>
> You might find snow in Section D from just below Blue Ridge to Three
> Points, and most certainly find snow in this section over Mt Baden Powell:
> many folks choose to hike this section on Hwy 2.
>
> Good luck
>
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