[pct-l] Fwd: from PCT section hiker who needs help

[Bighummel at aol.com (Bighummel@aol.com)]

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)