<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Sean Staplin</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seanstaplin@gmail.com">seanstaplin@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 4:27 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Direction of Thru-Hike<br>To: Ryley Breiddal <<a href="mailto:ryleyb@gmail.com">ryleyb@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">I started on April 29th, took about ten zeros before leaving Cumbres Pass, and left Cumbres June 4th. I still had quite a bit of snow to deal with and it was a pretty low snow year. If I was hitting the high country north of Ghost ranch a whole month earlier the snow would have been constant for hundreds of miles I am sure. Do yourself a favour and delay your start unless you are willing to go for very low mileage days with almost total snow cover and increased route finding problems.<div>
<br></div><div>mtnrat</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Ryley Breiddal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryleyb@gmail.com" target="_blank">ryleyb@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">That sounds very, very early to me... <div><br></div><div>If you're hitting a decent pace, you'll be getting to the San Juans at the end of April. That means you'll very likely be in snow throughout CO. Maybe this turns out to be a low snow year (note that generally the snow level at this time of year has little bearing on how quickly it melts out in spring, so I wouldn't count on much at this point). </div>
<div><br></div><div>I suggest you get your hands on Yogi's book and read the sections on NOBO vs SOBO and start dates... should help you make an informed decision.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div>
<div>Ryley</div><div>CDT 2011</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Eaton, Kirk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:keaton@irco.com" target="_blank">keaton@irco.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I am starting to plan my Thru-Hike for 2015 and am thinking of going NOBO starting on April 1. I hear of quite a few going SOBO – any advice?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">OB = Old and Busted</span></p>
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