[pct-l] Crampons Advice

[Jeremy Caves]

Hey y'all,

My friends and I are hoping to depart Kennedy Meadows around June 17/18 
into the Sierras.  I've been reading conflicting advice about whether 
crampons are necessary for the high Sierra around this time.  We plan on 
carrying snow axes (I seem to have read several times that this is 
highly advisable), but I'm still debating the crampons issue.  I'd like 
not to carry them if at all possible.


What do you all think about whether crampons are necessary around this 
time in the high Sierra?

Thanks,
Jeremy
jeremy.caves at gmail.com