[pct-l] Early flip Flop Weather

[Jim Keener ( J J )]

Hi Evan,

First answer: I don't have a plan. Second answer: I don't know if any of Oregon will be ready for hiking in late May or not. But that's my first inclination: Campo to Kennedy Meadows 4/5-5/24, Ashland to the Columbia River 5/28-6/28, the Sierra and north to Ashland 7/1-8/29, then up to Washington. I very much want to finish at Monument 78 and want to be walking north almost all the trip. I don't even know the probability that I will do this. But it's the best I can come up with now. Flexibility and information. There will be a lot of scuttlebutt along the trail. Adding to the adventure.

Walk well,
Jim Keener ( J J )
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On Mar 1, 2010, at 4:38 AM, evanaaron at juno.com wrote:

> Jim and Tom,
> Thanks for responding to my post. Not sure why I did not get other responses, but yours were great! Jim, I may be seeing you out there on the trail as an early bird! Are you planning on hiking N to KM, then flip to ashland and hiking N to canada, then flipping back to ashland south? Is that a reasonable plan? Maybe that would work and I would be able to hike it all in one season. Would that help miss the major snow spots? I try to be flexible but with school its hard- and I havent even started yet! 
> Cool, I was looking for someone to tell me yes/no on the cascades. If I do flip from KM to ashland, would it take enough time to get through OR that once I get to the cascades the snow would be lower? I plan on 30's through OR. Not too worried about snow, its the SNOW that I am worried about- if you catch my drift. 
> Breaking up the hike in 2 years would probably make the most sense weather and time wise, but I am unable to do that at the moment, besides the novelty of doing it in a thru hike. Pretty much got everything planned for the next few years, a few more adventures :)
> Thanks guys for the help.
> Evan