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[pct-l] 150% snowfall and June JMT hiking



Mid June this year is going to equal tons of snow up high and tons of runoff
which equals alot of stream crossings and snow route finding........not too
much of a problem mid morning when the consolidated snow is walkable, but
crossing passes in the afternoon can mean 2 hour miles and lots and lots of
postholing.

I hiked over Muir pass last year on June 20 and found somewhat difficult
conditions which caused me to abort my attempt at crossing Mather and the
golden staircase, and there's much more snow this year.  I bailed over
Bishop pass and talked with a group of four able hikers who were turned back
by solid snow on Mather on their sobo attempt......nobo maybe a different
story as you descend on the deepest snow instead of climbing it.  I tried to
stick to the trail route on my decent from Muir and had to cross one or two
pretty hair raising near vert. snow banks......

s.c.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoffrey Selling" <geoffreys@gfsnet.org>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:31 PM
Subject: [pct-l] 150% snowfall and June JMT hiking


> pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net writes:
> >pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>
> Dear PCT Website Host,
> I don't seem to be able to acess the site through the postings
address.....so i just hit reply sender when I get the general announements
and hope my messages get to the site that way.
>
> I'm planning to hike the JMT portion of the PCT in mid June but am worried
about the amount of snow on the trail.  My daughter, who hiked the whole PCT
last year, says not to worry....that extra snow
> won't make the trail that much more difficult. What do experienced thru
hikers say about the 150% amount of snow this year and how that will affect
the JMT?  Any words of encouragmeent, suggestions.
> Is Kennedy Meadows a good place to start so Day 1 isn't up Whitney?
>
>
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