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[pct-l] Fwd: from PCT section hiker who needs help
- Subject: [pct-l] Fwd: from PCT section hiker who needs help
- From: Bighummel at aol.com (Bighummel@aol.com)
- Date: Tue Apr 12 13:45:47 2005
Dear list and the Sth Calif. backpackers group,
Can any of you help Jo out with local recent info on the snow in the San
Gabriels / Mt. Baden Powell? I can still see about a 1,000 feet of snow coverage
from the south facing side, meaning that the north facing side probably has a
lot more. By late April things are likely to change greatly depending upon
the weather here in Sth Calif. We have had a long string of warm days recently
so, drip, drip, drip.
Greg
In a message dated 4/12/2005 10:40:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
joph@piedmontbsa.org writes:
Greg-
You probably don?t remember me but last year you provided some info when my
husband and I did a section hike of the first 300 miles of the PCT. I am
writing now because I have a question about snow conditions in So. Cal (specifically
in sect D). I tried to post the following message to the Southern California
group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/so_california_backpackers) but was unable
to get through yahoo for some reason. I was wondering if you belong to that
group if you would be willing to post the question for me and cc me on the
message, or alternatively, perhaps you could direct me to someone who would have
more info?
Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated?we were planning to leave
Lake Baldwin next week on April 22 and hike to Tehachapi Pass by May 7, but
may have to reconsider if Mt Baden Powell is impassable.
Here is the message:
Hi, I am visiting your group from Northern California and the PCT- list serve
looking for conditions and advice on the 30 odd miles of Pacific Crest Trail
above 7000 feet in the Mt. Baden Powell Area (section D). My husband, son and
I are planning a (300 mile) section hike at the end of April and have just
discovered there may be as much as 12 feet of snow there currently. Have any of
you traveled through that section recently? We would rather not be the first
through and are considering postponing our leave date, which will be problematic
for the desert section, which follows. Any help you can provide would be
greatly valued.
Thanks
>From a fellow hiker from the North (Jo)