[pct-l] Swimming holes along the trail

[montypct]

I wonder if warmer water goes along with that.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Georgi Heitman" <bobbnweav at citlink.net>
To: <mary.moynihan at gmail.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 2:59 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Swimming holes along the trail


> Spirit
> Don't know how close to the trail you live. but if it's anywhere to the 
> West of the Sierra, I suggest you consider the number of rain/snow days 
> you've had this year compared to 'normal'.  If you're thru-hiking...unless 
> there's a lot more precipitation in the mountains before May, by the time 
> you reach the northern Sierra, and a good portion of the southern 
> Cascades, you might find some of the smaller 'holes' not as appetizing as 
> you might in a year with a larger snowpack.  If I'm correct, I guess it 
> would depend on how desperate you were at the time, or how clean you 
> thought that particilar hole was going to help you get.
> Snowmelt dependant holes dry up very fast if there ain't no snow.
> Georgi,
> Old Station
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