[pct-l] Calif Section N at end of March/early April??

[greg mushial]

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> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 16:56:41 -0800
> From: "Deems" <losthiker at sisqtel.net>
> Subject: [pct-l]  Calif Section N at end of March/early April??
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> I agree that Georgi Firefly in Old Station would know first hand in
> March/April 2011 if you can hike it.  It is a desert type section with no
> water, possibly sitting in a snow shadow, and can't be compared to trail
> sections only a few miles north or south of it with snow levels.

That's what I was thinking (snow shadow), ie, there have been times I've 
gone to LavaBedsNM via 44 and 89 and when passing Lassen there was 5' snow 
walls along the road, but by the time I got to LBNM, yes it was chilly 
(15F), but no whitestuff on the ground...  and noting that LB is essentially 
directly "behind" HCR (and the same elevation as Lassen, where the HCR is 2k 
ft lower)..  and wondering if one might find that same effect along the HCR 
in late March or early April.

>  I hiked it
> over MemDay 2008 on a cold rainy weekend, but hit no snow.  Water caches 
> may
> not be updated, and some of it burned hard in 2009.  In 2008, I drove 
> across
> the HCrim and set my own water supplies when I hiked there.  Your question
> will be better answered nearer to April 2011.
> http://www.pbase.com/losthiker/hat_creek_rim
>