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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>----- Forwarded Message ----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jack Haskel <norcalhiker@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> George Brewster <g@brewster.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> cdt-l@backcountry.net<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, 7 June, 2010 5:02:39<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Cdt-l] San Juan Snow Conditions<BR></FONT><BR>Thanks for those photos! I agree, that snow doesn't look like much of a problem. The SOBO photos on the other hand. Ugh! Hopefully it won't be like this year!!<BR><BR> Thanks again,<BR> Jack<BR><BR><BR>On Jun 6, 2010, at 10:56 PM, George Brewster wrote:<BR><BR>> Hey folks,<BR>> I hiked Southbound last year, and have the good fortune
of having <BR>> recently moved to Ouray CO, which is about 15 miles as the crow flies <BR>> from the trail in the San Juans. I just made a reconissance mission up <BR>> to Stony Pass, which is on the CDT about 5 miles north of where you can <BR>> take the trail into Silverton.<BR>> <BR>> To give an idea of the snow situation, here are a couple photos from <BR>> Saturday (June 5), taken from the summit of Canby Mountain (just N of <BR>> Stony Pass). Generally, the snow didn't seem too bad. Certainly plenty <BR>> of it around, but quite patchy, and probably not too hard to avoid. <BR>> Also, it's been melting really fast, as it's been quite hot, and the <BR>> heavy dust layer on the snow really speeds up the melt.<BR>> <BR>> Looking SE along the CDT (Rio Grande Pyramid prominent on the left):<BR>> <A href="http://brewster.org/gallery/george/2010/cdt_sanjuan/P1080177.JPG.html"
target=_blank>http://brewster.org/gallery/george/2010/cdt_sanjuan/P1080177.JPG.html</A><BR>> <BR>> Looking NE along the CDT:<BR>> <A href="http://brewster.org/gallery/george/2010/cdt_sanjuan/P1080179.JPG.html" target=_blank>http://brewster.org/gallery/george/2010/cdt_sanjuan/P1080179.JPG.html</A><BR>> <BR>> And, just for fun, here's a couple shots of what it looked like when the <BR>> SB crew was going through in early October last year:<BR>> <A href="http://brewster.org/gallery/george/cdt/P1040297.JPG.html" target=_blank>http://brewster.org/gallery/george/cdt/P1040297.JPG.html</A><BR>> <A href="http://brewster.org/gallery/george/cdt/P1040535.JPG.html" target=_blank>http://brewster.org/gallery/george/cdt/P1040535.JPG.html</A><BR>> <BR>> Also, I'd love to help out some of you hikers, so if you're going to be <BR>> doing the San Juan route (which you really should) and want to come off <BR>> near Silverton, let me know.
I managed to get my Subaru right up onto <BR>> the trail as Stony Pass, so If we set up a date, I could pick up 3 <BR>> people at the trail, feed you, let you stay in my apartment, do laundry, <BR>> etc, and drop you back off there the next day. Might be a little hard to <BR>> work out timing for a rendevous, and it will be subject to my work <BR>> schedule, but let me know and we'll give it a try -- email or give a <BR>> call at 617 eight nine four 5657.<BR>> <BR>> -George<BR>> CDT 09<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Cdt-l mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net" ymailto="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net">Cdt-l@backcountry.net</A><BR>> <A href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l" target=_blank>http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l</A><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Cdt-l mailing list<BR><A
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