[pct-l] SoBo Thru-ride

[Greg Kesselring]

How many miles per day can you do on a horse?

You will probably have to wait till late July this year for enough of 
the snow in WA to melt to make the trails rideable.  Some years the 
Sierras stay free of snow thru October, so it's just a matter of 
arithmetic, how many miles per day can your ride, and how many days 
between say July 15 and say October 30.  I would guess that as long as 
your thru the Sierra's by the end of September, you'd have a good shot 
at it.  Once you get out of the high Sierra, you still have 700 miles or 
so to make it to the Mexican border.

Note that the trail from the border to Rainy Pass could likely be 
snow-free by July 15, but the trail in the Glacier Peak area and south 
to Snoqualmie Pass could likely need till late July to be passable.  So 
you start at the border in mid-July, but you'd want to time your 
departure from Stehekin to be around July 22 or 25, something like that.

Greg

Hans Hlawaty wrote:
> Hello All,
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>   I'm getting the distinct inpression that completing a SoBo Thru-ride in one season is not logistically possible.  Is my estimation correct?  It just seems like there are certain snowy sections in Washington that will not allow passage with a horse until well into summer--at which point there will not be enough time to get through the Sierras.  Any thoughts?
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>   Hans
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