[pct-l] JMT question

[Steel-Eye]

Good afternoon, Kyle,

It looks like your questions got buried in all this "rude behavior"
business.  '08 appears to be a moderately low snow year in the Sierras.
It's not quite as low as last year, but still low.
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/products/PLOT_SWC.2008.pdf

Last year Ideparted Kennedy Meadows 28 May
http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=186126  and arrived at Tuolumne
Meadows early on Jun 12.  The snow travel at that time was easy without
crampons or an ice axe.  A couple of times each/either would have been
useful, but given those conditions I would again leave them home.  Maybe, at
most, I would put screws in my shoes.  As always, hiking poles are a great
help.

The problem with water in the Sierras is, most of the time, we can't get
away from it.  In June there's water everywhere.  Once or twice I got a bit
careless and hiked over big passes without sufficient water in my bottle,
and had to be on the look-out for some melt trickles, but that is only a
minor aggravation.  Strange:  Walking over hundreds of thousands of tons of
water while wishing for a drink.

Steel-Eye

^^^^^^^^^^  Serious hikers gather at:  http://www.aldhawest.org/  ^^^^^^^^^^

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kyle Selph" <kwselph at yahoo.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:16 PM
Subject: [pct-l] JMT question


> Hey I'm a newbi on the forum with a question regarding weather and
> necessary equipment for thru hiking the JMT on the first week of June.
>
> I have done portions of the trail but not this early in the  year are ice
> axes and crampons necessary? Also what about availability of water.
>
> Thanks for the input!
>
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