[pct-l] Scary stuff ahead

[Jeffrey Olson]

I was up camping in the Sonora Pass area this last weekend and there is 
still lots of snow on the north facing slope as you descend to Sonora 
Pass.  Even though I've hiked this section a couple times - it was long 
enough ago i couldn't remember where the trail was, so can't help 
there.  The "scary spot" I remember wasn't very wide at the times I was 
going through - no big snowfield, but there is more snow right now than 
then. 

We picked up a NOBO and took him to Kennedy Meadows where they are 
finishing up the new store/restaurant complex.  Someone really reluctant 
to go down to Sonora Pass could jump off the trail at Bond Pass or the 
western most switchback at the top of Kennedy Canyon and hike over to 
High and Middle Emigrant Lakes and down to kennedy meadows by Relief 
REservoir.  Lots of traffic and what looked like a pretty easy hitchhike 
- on a saturday at least - to get up to the pass. 

Jeff Olson
Santa Rosa, CA