[pct-l] RE: Snow in Section D

[cupressus.macrocarpa at gmail.com (Craig Smith)]

More section D reconnaisance...this weekend I hiked up the Acorn
Canyon Trail in section D.  This is the route one would take to get
from the PCT to Wrightwood for a resupply.  The trail was pretty
snowed in, and not at all distinct from the tracks in the snow, which
quickly diverged.  I didnt go up to junction with the PCT, but I
imagine it wouldnt be easy to find if you were coming along that way.
I dont have the maps in front of me, but snowline was at the end of
the trail / beginning of houses of upper Wrightwood, right next to the
camp.  A mile up the trail, but below the ridgeline, snow was 2-3 feet
deep, melting around the base of trees and creeks, and not
Chaco-friendly.

Cypress


On 4/12/05, JoPH <joph@piedmontbsa.org> wrote:
> Wow! Donna, thanks for this update. Does anyone on the list know if anyone
> has blazed a trail through there yet? Knowing how easy it is to get lost in
> the snow, I'm not sure we want to be the first through there-to the point of
> considering delaying our departure. Does anyone have any advice on this? Or
> how long it might be before the snow gets to a more manageable level?
> 
> Thanks, Jo
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dsaufley@sprynet.com [mailto:dsaufley@sprynet.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 5:19 PM
> To: joph@piedmontbsa.org; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: Snow in Section D
> 
> I just got a report on the snow in Section D from Todd up at North Fork, who
> got the information from the district ranger.
> 
> Highway 2 (Angeles Crest Highway) is closed above Islip Saddle due to SIX
> FEET of snow still on the road.  The ranger's estimation of snow on Baden
> Powell is that it is probably double that depth up higher.
> 
> Just thought you'd all want to know . . . seems like good year to bring snow
> shoes!
> 
> -=Donna Saufley=-
> 
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