[pct-l] pct partner needed

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning, Supertramp,



While alpine skiers love the fresh, deep snow, for most wilderness travelers
early-season mountain snow is very difficult and time-consuming to
negotiate.  I don’t live in the Sierras but I do live in the Cascades where
the PCT on Mt. Hood at 6,000 ft. elevation accumulates an average of 400
inches of seasonal snow -- sometimes over 800 inches – often at a rate of
20-30 inches per snow-day.



Before the snow coalesces you probably will end up wading through 3-5 feet
of fresh fluff regardless of whether of you wear snowshoes, skis, or just
hiking shoes/boots.  I suggest you not even consider an early winter
distance hike unless you have lots of direct experience in hiking deep,
early-season mountain snow.  I suspect that if you did have lots of direct
experience you wouldn’t be asking the question.



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT -- 1965

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On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 7:57 PM, <Travelerjmv at aol.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone I'm a 30 yr. male my name is Loki Supertramp and I am
> planing to hiking pct from Tehachapi ca. to klamath falls or. I want to
>  leave
> Nov. 5-6 email; me if interested _travelerjmv at aol.com_
> (mailto:travelerjmv at aol.com)
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