[pct-l] Golden Trout north to ??

[Bruce Harvey]

Yeah, the description is a tad tortured.  From study of the Mt.  
Whitney High Country topo map by Tom Harrison, I'll take a crack at  
deciphering it.

An assumption could be made that everything everything in the  
description following the words "Rock Creek drainage" is an attempt  
to describe the parts of that drainage which the restriction applies  
to.  A few reasons for making that assumption:
1. "north-northwest of the Sequoia National Park boundary and  
Siberian Pass' is more limiting in longitude than "west of Cottonwood  
Pass", but less than "west of...New Army Pass..."
2. In the wording "west of Cottonwood and New Army Passes", New Army  
is superfluous, since Cottonwood is further east than New Army.
3. In "south of Crabtree Pass, south of Goyot [sp] Pass", Guyot is  
more restrictive in latitude than Crabtree, I believe.  If so,  
Crabtree is superfluous.  I haven't found Crabtree Pass on the map,  
but given that name, I suspect it may be the minor pass roughly at  
the junction where the JMT splits east toward Whitney from the PCT.
4. If Cottonwood and Crabtree are eliminated from the description,  
the remainder is essentially a set of limits describing the Rock  
Creek drainage.

If the stated assumption is adopted, the included portion of the PCT  
is between the Sequoia Park boundary and Guyot pass.  That is because  
on the PCT, the Rock Creek drainage is between the Sequoia Park  
boundary on the south and Guyot Pass on the north.  That is about  
eleven miles of the PCT.

If the stated assumption is wrong, the span of  PCT covered could be  
a greater.  The outer limits that could be drawn from even an  
illogical reading of the description would be Cottonwood Pass on the  
south and Crabtree Pass on the north.  That is 15.9 miles on the  
PCT.  [The reading would be illogical because "north-northwest of the  
Sequoia National Park boundary and Siberian Pass" excludes Cottonwood  
as a southern limit.]

BTW, I've not read whatever original post prompted your question,  
what is the restriction?

Thanks,
geezer


On Mar 21, 2007, at 4:19 PM, montypct wrote:

> Still trying to figure out how far north this confusing description  
> goes on the PCT
>
> "Rock Creek drainage west of Cottonwood and New Army Passes, south  
> of Crabtree Pass, south of Goyot Pass, and north-northwest of the  
> Sequoia National Park boundary and Siberian Pass, including Soldier  
> Lake,Miter Basin, along Rock Creek, and Siberian Outpost. All trail  
> corridors and cross-country routes within the area are included in  
> the restriction. "
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Warner springs monty
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