[pct-l] Conditions fron Echo Summit to Belden

[Toby Maxwell]

Just got to donner, via echo.  There is snow, but route finding is never
particularly bad.  Occasionally you will search for a minute, but its very
navigable.  Very beautiful, but lots of mosquitos in desolation wilderness!

-Down and Out

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:51 AM, <ned at mountaineducation.org> wrote:

> Hey, Mango!
>
> Miller Cr. was so "unfriendly" to us on June 28th that we hoofed it a
> couple
> of miles upstream to the Richardson Lake road crossing and got across that
> way.
>
> Were the snow bridges still present for the Bear Lake creek crossing?
>
> How were the north and east facing bowls between Barker Pass and Twin
> Peaks?
> These snow-filled and steep traverses were the most dangerous areas we
> snow-hiked.
> "Just remember, Be Careful out there!"
>
> Ned Tibbits, Director
> Mountain Education
> South Lake Tahoe, Ca. 96150
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim & Jane Moody" <moodyjj at comcast.net>
> To: <aslive at charter.net>
> Cc: "PCT-L" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Conditions fron Echo Summit to Belden
>
>
> >
> >
> > I left Echo Pass on 8 July and arrived at Donner Pass (actually the main
> > bldg of Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, by snowmobile, no less) on 11 July.
> > Routefinding was occasionally slow but not near as bad as from Sonora
> Pass
> > to Echo. Snow was melting out fast, but you almost certainly will
> > encounter some, esp. in shaded forests and north slopes. The biggest
> > problem I had was around Fontainelle (?) the Vernal Lakes.
> >
> >
> >
> > If you have GPS you should be fine (with map & compass, of course). I
> > didn't havew a GPS and was grateful for thru-hikers in front of me for
> > making good prints and dragging their poles. By the way, the last three
> > days of this section were done in one hiking shoe and one Croc, due to
> > Miller Creek being unfriendly.
> >
> >
> > Mango
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> >
> > From: aslive at charter.net
> > To: "PCT-L" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2011 12:16:26 PM
> > Subject: [pct-l] Conditions fron Echo Summit to Belden
> >
> >
> > I plan to go back out on the trail next week. The section from Echo
> > Summit to Donner Pass was fairly snow covered two weeks ago when I hiked
> > up to Tahoe; I spent a lot of time and energy route finding. I am
> > hoping that most of the snow has milted and the trail is now plain to
> > see. If not, I can head out from Truckee or whatever. Your recent
> > experience is solicited. Thank you.
> >
> > Shepherd
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