[Cdt-l] NOBO Start Date from Silver City
Gary Swing
homelessontherange at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 7 21:37:13 CST 2011
I thru hiked NOBO on the PCT this year. The snow was epic, but I'd rather not experience those conditions again! I'm now leaning towards starting northbound out of Silver City sometime in the first half of May. I've done a lot of backpacking in Colorado, and I love the San Juans, but I haven't gone backpacking in that area ealier than June 22.
Gary
--- On Tue, 12/6/11, ned at mountaineducation.org <ned at mountaineducation.org> wrote:
From: ned at mountaineducation.org <ned at mountaineducation.org>
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] NOBO Start Date from Silver City
To: bcss at bresnan.net, "'Gary Swing'" <homelessontherange at yahoo.com>, cdt-l at backcountry.net
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 6:07 PM
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Honestly, this year, the later the better (and I'm and early-season start
promoter, too)!
When I did the CDT in 1980, I started March 1st and hit a wall of snow out
of Chama. We almost made it to Wolf Creek Pass, but turned around and waited a
month for some of it to melt. Around mid-June we tried to leave Chama again,
only to find too much snow, still, in the San Juans, so we took a low route to
Lake City. Never did see what the San Juans really look like!
"Just remember, Be Careful out there!"
Ned Tibbits, Director
Mountain Education
South Lake Tahoe, Ca.
96150
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----- Original Message -----
From:
bcss at bresnan.net
To: 'Gary Swing' ; cdt-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 4:01
PM
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] NOBO Start Date from
Silver City
NM
is usually nice in May and you’ve already done the hottest part.
It is 640 miles from Silver City to the Colorado line. Snow is
usually an issue in the San Juans until early July so I would time my
departure to get to Colorado no earlier than mid June. The San Juans are
one of the best parts of the entire CDT so it would be nice to be able to do
them.
The
Pintlers and Bitterroots routinely hold snow into July so I’m not sure
flipping to Butte would help that much.
best
wishes,
Jerry
Brown (bearcreek)
From:
cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On
Behalf Of Gary Swing
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 12:06
PM
To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [Cdt-l] NOBO Start
Date from Silver City
In 2009 and 2010, I hiked about 900 miles of the CDT
and alternate routes, including the sections from Antelope Wells to
Silver City, New Mexico, Squaw Pass to Silverthorne, Colorado, and
Butte, Montana to the Canadian border.
I'm thinking about section hiking part or all of the
rest of the CDT in 2012, probably starting at Silver City, and either
skipping the parts I've already walked, or taking a higher route through
Colorado.
I'm considering a start date from Silver City
sometime between April 15 and May 1. Any opnions about how late is too
late to head northbound from Silver City for the heat in New Mexico? Or
the optimal time to balance out heat in the south with snowmelt in
Colorado?
Also, if I flipped from hiking northbound to southern
Colorado to hiking southbound from Butte, Montana what would be the
optimal time to head southbound from Butte in terms of
snowmelt?
Thanks,
Gary Swing
--- On Sat, 12/3/11, Bob
Bankhead <wandering_bob at comcast.net>
wrote:
From: Bob Bankhead
<wandering_bob at comcast.net>
Subject:
Re: [Cdt-l] resupply
To: rockmarkstar at aol.com, cdt-l at backcountry.net
Date:
Saturday, December 3, 2011, 2:47 PM
Anything is possible, but
some places just lend themselves more to local purchases than do
others.
I’d suggest that you also
post this query on the CDT forum at trailforums.com and on the White
Blaze (AT) forum in their CDT sub-forum.
Also, read carefully these two
CDT Guides: Paul Magnanti at http://www.pmags.com/a-quick-and-dirty-cdt-guide and
Spirit Eagle at http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/cdt.html
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