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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I never knew this about the Great Basin before. The
information one picks up around here is amazing, and most useful! I wonder
what the average passing time thru the Basin is? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>-Doug</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=footslogger03@yahoo.com href="mailto:footslogger03@yahoo.com">Mark
Jernigan</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cdt-l@backcountry.net
href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net">cdt-l@backcountry.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 03, 2007 4:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cdt-l] Great divide basin
Timing</DIV>
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<DIV>I live in Laramie ...about 1.5 hours from where the
trail crosses in Rawlins.</DIV>
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<DIV>Don't have a great deal of experience in the basin per se but Wyoming in
general is one of the windiest places I have ever lived. "Normal" winds
are 25 - 30 mph and that's where there are some buildings to break up the
pattern. Open spaces like the basin are literally wind
"corridors". Much better having it to your back than in your face.</DIV>
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<DIV>Footslogger<BR><BR><B><I>Jeffrey Olson <jolson@olc.edu></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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know there's one fellow on the listserv who lives in Laramie that can
<BR>comment as well. <BR><BR>When I lived in Laramie it was not heat that
was "usually" the biggest <BR>factor out in the Great Basin - rather it was
wind. If you're heading <BR>south, you're with the wind usually. I've hiked
north once in the Basin <BR>when it was blowing a steady 30 mph, and if I
can avoid doing that <BR>again, I will. <BR><BR>This is not to say it
doesn't get hot, but remember you're still up at <BR>6900'. And it's not
always windy, but in my memory, it's windy more <BR>often than really hot...
Besides, how many days is a thru-hiker in the <BR>basin? This is one of the
vagaries of the trail that makes it a <BR>different kind of adventure than
the PCT...<BR><BR>Jeff Olson<BR>Martin, SD<BR><BR>Remy Levin wrote:<BR>>
you wrote <SAY, do NM in March mid- April then jump<br>> up to Rawlings
and do the Great Basin before the temps rise.><BR>><BR>> We always
heard a lot about the great divide basin before the <BR>> beginning of
the hike. On the surface, it seems to be a serious <BR>> problem- a long
desert stretch in the middle of the hike, where you <BR>> would hit it in
the middle of summer whether you were on a nobo or <BR>> sobo continuous
hike. I know a lot of people in the past had skipped <BR>> around to hit
it at a "better" time of year... I don't know. when we <BR>> were in the
basin it was mid august, it was partly cloudy the whole <BR>> way, in the
80's (probably) in the day and 40's at night. It even <BR>> sprinkled on
us a couple of times- in short, very nice weather (and a <BR>> beautiful
section of trail of course). I've heard similar accounts <BR>> from other
hikers, and I've also heard accounts of hellacious weather <BR>> from
others at the same time. the conclusion that that has led me to <BR>> is
that the weather in the basin varies greatly- it is not always <BR>>
hotter than heck during the summer there. It can be gorgeous in <BR>>
august. I think this removes one of the main arguments for a planned
<BR>> flip-flop, and also one of the big mental barriers I remember
having <BR>> before hiking the CDT.<BR>> --Remy<BR>><BR>> P.S.
And the wind was from the *south* ;)<BR>><BR>> */doug-sue1
<DOUG-SUE1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>/* wrote:<BR>><BR>> I always enjoy reading
the comments of Jim and Ginny and the rest<BR>> of you CDT<BR>> vets.
I have often thought that the best times to hike the Great<BR>> Basin
and<BR>> NM would be as early as possible. Say, do NM in March mid-
April<BR>> then jump<BR>> up to Rawlings and do the Great Basin before
the temps rise. And<BR>> then I'm<BR>> completely at a loss what
should be done next, continue north into<BR>> the Winds<BR>> or drop
back to Rwalings and head south to Cumbres. Too bad NM and the<BR>> Great
Basin were in sequence, that would make a fine spring, and<BR>> then
the<BR>> mountains for a glorious summer and fall. Someone laid this
trail out<BR>> wrong, IMHO. LOL<BR>><BR>><BR>>
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