[pct-l] Itinerary Help-So Cal Desert Sections

[dsaufley]

Flowers are starting to bloom on the hillsides around here :o)

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From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Mary Kwart
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 12:40 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Itinerary Help-So Cal Desert Sections

Karen:

I am going to hike the Mohave section E from Agua Dulce to Hwy 58 starting
around March 23-24. I chose this section to beat the heat of the Mohave.
However, I have heard from a hiker who did that section in February that
there was around 2 feet of snow from miles 547 to 554 and patchy snow from
mile 503 to 507. There may still be snow at the end of March south of Hwy 58
above 5000 feet because it was a heavy snow year down south. Anyway, I will
be ready for the snow--a small price to pay to beat the high temps. I don't
know what the flowers will be doing then--hopefully blooming in some parts
of the section.

I am going to start Section C from Cabazon after the kickoff and also do D,
F and G up to Kennedy Meadows then. I am a section hiker, so have done
section A and B (Campo to Cabazon) last year, starting on May 8.

I am thinking of taking a break after I reach Kennedy Meadows in June to let
the Sierra snow melt a bit and to do a trip to Alaska, then return at the
end of July and do the short bit from Kennedy Meadows to Mt. Whitney. Then
I'm onto Washington to finish that state by the first week of September.

Good luck--from my experience in the desert last year, it is well worth
doing those sections when the weather is cooler. Unfortunately both section
A and B have embedded mountainous snow areas (Mt. Laguna and the San
Jacintos), but you could always bale out on roads and do the snow sections
later.

--Fireweed
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