[pct-l] Trail conditions near Onyx Summit

[tinkerman at gmail.com (charles adelsheim)]

We got into big bear yesterday, an update on the trail south of here:

Mission creek is fine to hike, the trail has been cairned and we all
had dry feet thanks to many log crossings that have been thrown
together.

There is some snow on the north facing slopes north of mission creek
but we had no trouble w/out axe's/crampons (and we came through in
early morning w/ very hard snow).

-Tinker

On 5/8/05, danandgailsc@aol.com <danandgailsc@aol.com> wrote:
> I read with interest the thread a few days ago about conditions around Mission Creek and Onyx.  My wife, Gutsy, is section hiking and phoned Thursday from I-10 and was headed north.  Have any more hikers reported in from Big Bear City?  I don't expect to hear from her for a few days, but am worried about conditions--stream crossings, recent snows, route finding issues, etc.
> 
> Dan
> 
> >>>>>>>>Thru hiker Carl Rush stayed at my house a week ago and told me that the lower elevations have no snow but that the Whitewater is roaring. He said that coming through Mission Creek parts of the trail were washed out or underwater and that lots of bushwacking was required. He also said that
> passed Coon Creek the snow got deep and he lost the trail and instead walked down the road to 38 and hitched into Big Bear. Remember however that temps
> up here in BB have been in the 60s all week, so the snow should have melted
> some.
> I hiked this morning on the PCT from Onyx down to where it intersects with
> the 4 roads (about 2 miles south of Onyx I think). The trail was mostly
> clear in this stretch.
> Hope that helps, and good luck.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> >From: Tom Bache <tbache@san.rr.com>
> >To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> >Subject: [pct-l] snow conditions near Onyx Summit
> >Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 10:39:30 -0700
> >
> >We?d like to hike the PCT from I-10 up to Big Bear  this weekend.  Does
> >anyone know the current snow conditions?    Can we hike through with care,
> >but no special snow gear?
> >
> >Tom
> 
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