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Re: [pct-l] View from here II



Ditto  BJ and TR, as for the mosquitoes in the Southern Sierra,it usually
depends on the prevailing temperatures, especially nightime temperatures,
the week before.  It appears that because there is a lot of snow onmost of
the trail, and consequently lots of water, there will be a lot of
mosquitoes. God is Great!

Goforth

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> From: frank tripicchio <frtripi@zeus.kern.org>
> To: goforth@cio.net
> Cc: pct-mailing list <PCT-L@backcountry.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] View from here II
> Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 9:57 PM
> 
> 
> 
> Joanne Lennox wrote:
> 
> > The snow that is on the ground this year shows a PCT where much of the
> > trail has snow way above average and way above what happened last year.
> > This year seems to be unusual because such a high percentage of the
trail
> > has above normal snowpack; normally there is a reprieve from the snow
> > either in central and Northern California or in Oregon, depending on
which
> > direction you start out from.
> >
> > the normal focus is not hitting the sierras too early, or starting in
> > Washington too early.  Most of the Scenic Trails snow page and the data
> > that is easily available has data for the two extreme ends of the trail
-
> > Washington and the Southern Sierras.  The important story this year may
be
> > what lies in between.
> >
> > Anybody that attempts a Washington to Mexico thruhike is in my prayers.
> >
> > I feel that I can get through the High Sierras, even in May this year
(with
> > crampons, and very early morning starts, etc.)Wading through the snow
in
> > the Sierras passes means that you usually have a valley below where
camping
> > will be possible off snow.  As you go father North however, the snow
gets
> > deeper and deeper AT LOWER AND LOWER ELEVATIONS. This means that after
> > wading through the Sierras, you now have another month at least to not
only
> > break trail but to live in the snow.  At that point, I am willing to
wait
> > for a while or go north to Castella or Ashland for hopefully better
> > pickings.  But I also know and am intimately acquainted with the
"winter
> > wall" that happens in Washington, and know that by the end of September
all
> > hopes of reaching Manning may be erased ( and it can happen sooner than
> > that ).
> >
> > Goforth
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> 
> Joanne,
> based on your observations, at what point would you suggest picking up an
ice
> axe(going North from Campo) and where will the bugs start to be an issue?
> frank
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