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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We were able to hike the highline in 2001
SB starting around June 15<sup>th</sup>, but it was a record low snow year –
quite a bit lower than this year or last. Parts of the trail were completely
covered in snow, but it was pretty easy to follow. We got lucky as some of the
steep bits were just melted-out enough that there was a 6-inch wide bit of
trail to walk on… we only needed an ice axe for the Ahern Drift bit. I
think on a normal snow year, there would be a lot more steep/icy bits. We did
need to carry bear canisters because of the “winter status” of one
of the campsites. But, the park provided these, and we returned them when we got
to Two Medicine (they didn’t really hold all our food anyway). </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>They warned us of certain doom before we
set off, but issued permits anyway (with big “NOT RECOMMENDED”
notes everywhere) That will really depend on who is issuing the permits, and
how accustomed to CDT hikers they are these days. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-Jonathan</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net
[mailto:cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Anitra Kass<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Thursday, March
22, 2007</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>8:41 PM</span></font><font size=2
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> cdt-l@backcountry.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [cdt-l] Hiking the </span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Highline
Route</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>????</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>I know that each year is different...</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>any general rule of thumb as to when it would be
doable to hike the highline route to start a SOBO CDT hike? I hiked the
Belly River route (chief mountain) last year with a bunch of 2006 thur-hikers
and I've been watching postholer.com and comparing the snow levels at this time
last year and now and it seems as if there is less snow but I don't know how
that really translates to the Highline trail...any insight would be
appreciated. Thanks,</span></font></p>
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