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<DIV>Bruce,</DIV>
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<DIV>We are starting in Columbus on April 21st after an all night bus ride to
Deming and early morning hitch hike to the border. We live in Colorado and
there is a lot of snow. We plan to hike as far as Chama, New
Mexico and then leap norht to Steamboat and hike out of that valley if the
Continental Divide still has to much snow. Mountains outside Chama may have
snow, but Wolf Creek Pass is buried. This will put us into the Red desert in
June when there hopefully is water and into Glacier around Labor Day. We
may be into the Winds too early, but the snow there this year has not been as
deep. We plan to return to Chama do Colorado north bound. We wanted to
hike north uninterrupted but not this year unless you want to use skis.</DIV>
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<DIV>Gray wolves</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=buck@bucktrack.com href="mailto:buck@bucktrack.com">Bruce L.
Nelson</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> Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Cdt-l] Flip-Flop Ideas for NOBO
and Deep Snows</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Folks,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Looking at the most recent information it looks
like deep snow in northern NM and southern CO: <A
href="ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/support/water/westwide/snowpack/wy2008/snow0803.gif">ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/support/water/westwide/snowpack/wy2008/snow0803.gif</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I still plan to hike NOBO, starting in late April
at Columbus, because I want a longer hiking season to work with. I am
willing to be extremely flexible, but definitely want to finish northbound at
the Canadian border.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Given the latest snow information, where am I
likely to hit the first hit deep snow?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Will the deep snows likely result in deep water
on the Gila River route at that time of year?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I temporarily skip a section of trail, what
suggestions do people have for another long section, or sections, I
can do while waiting for the deeper snows down south to melt? For example, if
I head up to South Pass and hike south, how likely is it the deep snow will
have mostly melted by the time I get to where it was?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How about skipping much farther north, say to the
Butte area, then heading south? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've done enough post-holing in my life to know
that I want to avoid post-holing, so any other sensible options people can
think of, I'd like to hear them!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Colter</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My 1,000 Mile Hike and Paddle Across Alaska<BR><A
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