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<div>ron,</div>
<div>I have 4 or 5 hikers leaving on the 14th or 15th of april - I know very little about the trail north of emory pass but if the trails you will take will take you through the mimbres you can mail a box to julie one of our best trail angels in NM - I'm thinking that you would start your hiway 15 road walk at julie's - actually, all of us are good lol I will contact a person I know in the black range that works for the USFS and whatever he says I will forward to here</div>
<div>FYI - as of today we have 18 nobo's from columbus</div>
<div>julies email address is above with cdt<br>
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<div><STRONG><FONT size=3>Keith</FONT></STRONG></div>
<div><STRONG><FONT size=3>Deming, NM</FONT></STRONG></div>
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From: R Smith <ronyon@comcast.net><br>
To: cdt-l@backcountry.net<br>
Sent: Tue, Mar 16, 2010 7:20 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Gila River route water levels and Black Mtn route snow levels<br>
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<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_d6044ddf-5f00-4c54-bbbe-82a7122118d1><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>You're not alone - I'm sure most of us NOBOs are faced with the same
question. In my case, my immediate concern is whether to send a resupply box
to Doc Campbell's and risk having to backtrack south to re-join the trail,
or use an alternate resupply strategy.
I've pretty much written off hiking the Lower Gila due to high-water
expectations, but still have hopes of hiking the Middle Fork, north of the
confluence. My present plan is to get to Gila Hot Springs / Doc Campbell's
via one of the Wolf alternates mentioned at the beginning Gila Wilderness
Segment Section 2. After picking up my box at Doc Campbell's, I can then,
hopefully, slosh my way up the Middle Fork to Snow Lake, then on to Pie
Town. If not (if Middle Fork is too high), I will have to figure out the
best way to get over to FR150, then up to Pie Town.
I presently don't have plans to take the Black Range route as an alternate.
However, if I ran into another hiker who knew a lot more than I do about
that route, I will be taking maps and might be tempted.
I would also appreciate any feedback on my above thoughts and assumptions.
Ron
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Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:55 PM
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Subject: [Cdt-l] Gila River route water levels and Black Mtn route snow
levels
I'm planning on a NOBO thru-hike starting mid-April and I'd sure like
some advice ...
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