[pct-l] Early flip Flop Weather

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

I think there is a passage in the Wilderness Press guide book that  
suggests you save the High Sierra for last. I don't remember what  
their suggested plan for doing that was.

The word from up north is that it's a low snow year up there. I have  
no idea what that actually means. Last year was a low snow year for  
California, but the snow in the Sierra discouraged many.

I experienced more snow than I expected in Oregon in July. It was  
snow, though, not SNOW. I could see how in some spots, if they had  
had SNOW, would have been treacherous without an ice ax.

Did you say what date you would flip to Ashland?
On Mar 1, 2010, at 6:23 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

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> 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