[pct-l] Hwy 2 reopening

[Ray Drasher]

   I rode this area yesterday and the visitors center had it posted to
open on the 20th. There should not be a need to walk the road from what
I saw. There is still snow on the north face of Baden-Powell above
7200, and at that point it was patchy. Due to riding stock with a mule
behind I was not inclined to go past the patch since it was in a narrow
part of trail that could create problems for me and would hit more snow
soon. The hikers I talked to coming down did not say it was a problem
going across the snow, and it was melting due to the warm temps. And
with all the foot traffic going up and down it will have a well beaten
path.
Ray Drasher
Section D chief

Also from hikers I talked to it is good going from the 15 to Baden-Powell
with a couple smaller trees that are not a problem. Will be clearing those
in a couple weeks.




> I walked that on May 6th. Severely boring.
>
> One of the workmen dropping logs down the hill with a front-end loader
> told
> me the hwy was reopening in 2 weeks in a tone that implied we should -not-
> road walk after it reopens. Or maybe he was advising caution; it was hard
> to
> hear him over the machinery.
>
> But it's fine to walk on now. Even met a couple local day hikers doing it.
> And there were a lot of streams coming down the hills too.
>
> On May 8, 2009 1:01 PM, "Kenneth Schwarz" <ksksksks at cox.net> wrote:
>
> The Angeles Crest Hwy (Hwy.2) is scheduled
> to reopen on May 20th. It has been closed for
> many years due to a landslide between Vincent
> Gap (mile 374) and Islip Saddle (mile 386.1).
> This provides opportunities for trail angelling,
> as well as a road walk option if snow on Baden-
> Powell is too much.
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