[pct-l] Good News & Bad News

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning, Jim,

Well said -- however, his comments are not a total waste for PCT hikers:
Remember, hot air melts the snow.

Steel-Eye

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 6:43 AM, <enyapjr at comcast.net> wrote:

> > The bad news.......there are tons of snow in the Sierra.
> > Of course that is good news for ''ski bums'' like me but bad news for
> > ''hiker trash'' like you.
>
> It's still too early to tell what Sierra conditions the '09 thrus will have
> - so,
> please, quit using the friendly "scare tactics"...
> Snow water content is still below average (see
> http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/products/PLOT_SWC.2009.pdf)...
> Sierra conditions for thrus will depend more on the amount of future snow
> fall in
> March and April, plus the temperature trend for April and May - not the
> current
> Mammoth skiing conditions...
> Whether the rest of March and April is similar to the 2005-06 trace or the
> 2007-08
> trace is yet to be seen - and June is still a long way off...
>
> Happy trails!!!
> Jim / PITA
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