[pct-l] fording the White River??

[griffin at u.washington.edu (Tom Griffin)]

For directions on fording the White River at Indian Creek (and thus cutting 
off four miles of the Glacier Peak Wilderness PCT detour) see:

http://staff.washington.edu/griffin/pct2005/white_river_crossing.html

Tom Griffin
Seattle
griffin@u.washington.edu
PCT Pages: http://staff.washington.edu/griffin/pct

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wright" <at2002@mac.com>
To: "Robert Ellinwood" <rellinwood@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>; "'Connie Davis'" 
<conniedavis@earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] fording the White River??


>
> On Oct 22, 2005, at 4:32 PM, Robert Ellinwood wrote:
>> Lookout(Connie)...  but also anyone who's been there,
>>
>> Going north on the Glacier Peak relo, after descending Indian  Creek, is 
>> it
>> possible to wade the White River right there, w/o dipping south to the
>> bridge in a few miles?  I realize conditions and how early/late in the
>> summer would determine a lot.
>
> It is possible.  I spoke with two groups of hikers who had done that.
> I was alone at that point and so stayed on the trail.  I wouldn't
> recommend going off trail to ford by yourself.  I think the
> biggest problem was finding a way through the heavy vegetation,
> not crossing the river itself.
>
> Check the archives, I believe someone posted to PCT-L not too long ago
> a very explicit description of strategy for doing the ford at Indian 
> Creek.
>
>