[pct-l] Oregon/Washington in July

[Halfmile]

I too am interested in anyone's thoughts on this. My work schedule
will probably limit my 2009 hiking to July through the first week on
August. I will probably hike somewhere between Hwy 138 (just N of
Crater Lake) and Canada. I may not complete this entire 800 miles of
trail this year, so I also need to consider logistics of exiting the
trail in either mid-Oregon or northern Washington depending of if I
hike north or southbound.
Any idea what the early July snowpack is typically like in Washington
if I decide to do this southbound? Anything else I should consider?
-Halfmile


On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:01 PM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:
> Good afternoon, Fuzz,
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> As a general rule, August is the Oregon month for PCT hikers.  You could
> start earlier but we typically have a fair amount of snowpack at higher
> elevations until mid-June or early July.  It’ll clear more quickly than that
> in the south.  If you read Journals don’t be guided by snow reports from the
> ’08 mob.  ’08 was a really heavy snow year for Oregon .  If you want an idea
> of what it was like take a look at the ten photos beginning at:
> http://www.trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=294272
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> Sara Dyehouse recently posted this link at PCT-L:
> http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/westsnow.pl   It’s quite good at
> providing a relative frame of reference for the snow years.  Look at Oregon
> in Feb ‘8 vs. Feb ’09.  ’08 had 150%-180% of average, while this year – so
> far – it’s right on average.
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> Also, consider hiking Oregon as late as you reasonably can to avoid the
> early season mosquitoes.
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> Phones?  I have no idea.  I never willing touch the things.
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> Steel-Eye
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