[pct-l] temps

[Stephen Adams]

Memorial Day before last it cooled down too, and it snowed two feet in the SIerra over that weekend.  I got up there shortly after and it was chilly in the desert approaches, and down right freezing up high after sundown or in the wind.    
On Dec 4, 2009, at 6:33 PM, Bill Burge wrote:

> 
> Saturday night, at this year's Kick Off was below freezing.
> 
> I was preparing for sun burn, but had brought cold weather gear to "be  
> complete" and was DANG glad I had it!
> 
> This year, I will pack better cold gear and that will almost guarantee  
> sun stroke!
> 
> BillB
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 4, 2009, at 6:47 AM, Gary Wright wrote:
> 
>> 
>> The right bag is different for each person due to their
>> own body, how many clothes they are willing to wear while
>> they sleep, and so on.
>> 
>> I had below freezing sleeping conditions in Southern
>> California, Sierra, Oregon, and Washington so you need
>> to be prepared for those conditions for almost the entire
>> length of the trail.  Northern California is the section
>> of trail that you are least likely to have cold weather
>> but I think it is easier to just use the same gear through
>> this section rather than manage the logistic of switching.
>> 
>> Whatever you do, don't make the mistake of thinking that
>> Southern California is always hot and dry. I've experienced
>> snow and freezing rain in the Lagunas (40 miles from the
>> border) during thru-hike season and even without precipitation
>> it can get cold at night in the desert.
>> 
>> Gary Wright (Radar)
>> 
>> 
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