[pct-l] Weather in Stehekin

[Steel-Eye]

Good morning, Dick,

Thanks to you and your wife for the relay of information.  It means a lot to 
everyone interested in the welfare of our late-season hikers.

Steel-Eye

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Bingham" <dick.bingham at gmail.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:54 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Weather in Stehekin


> Greetings everyone
>
> Here in Stehekin we have experienced a lot of rain recently. Between
> 4:30AM - 2 Oct - thru 1:30AM - 3 Oct - we had 1.65 inches of rain and
> lots of snow half-way down McGregor mountain - 4000-to-5000 ft level.
> By 6PM - 3 Oct - the snow level had receeded significantly to between
> 6K to 7K feet.
>
> My wife, the Stehekin Postmaster, told me several hikers came in today
> and she is not certain if any left S to head north. Several arrived
> yesterday in time to be out of the rain storm - fortunate them!
>
> I suspect the river/stream crossings between here and Manning are
> still OK because the Stehekin River and local feeder streams are not
> showing any "color" or increase in flow.
>
> Since the weather has changed so much from that typical of October in
> Stehekin, I will be happy to send _short_ messages (50/75 words) to
> the PCT-L with any trail info presented to my wife during her
> postmaster hours. Hopefully, this info will be of some assistance to
> hikers leaving Stevens Pass heading North.
>
> Most of today - 3 Oct - was delightful so I suspect those headed to
> Stehekin had a better day than yesterday. The lowest temperature here
> during the past 1 1/2 days has been 41F at 1200 feet..
>
> Good luck to everyone "out there" ...
>
> -- 
> Dick Bingham - W7WKR  CN98pi
> Stehekin, WA
> Located in "The Alps of America"
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