[pct-l] Red Peak Pass, was: Re: entering sierras in a week or two, thoughts?

[Aaron Wallace]

This weekend I saw the north side of Red Peak Pass from the Fletcher Creek trail.  It is still 100% snow covered down to at least Red Devil Lake.  I would expect less snow on the south side, but the various stream crossings, such as Ilillouette Creek or Ottoway Lake's outlet, will be high.

There was snow from the meadow on Fletcher Creek to Vogelsang, then down Rafferty to about 9000' or so.  Tuolumne Pass was a field of suncups and still had 3-4' of snow.  The crossing of Fletcher Creek below Vogelsang was 3-4' deep and flowing fast, but there is a log maybe 1/2 mile upstream that could be used.

On Jul 9, 2011, at 9:40 AM, "giniajim" <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:

> I'll be hiking in a couple of weeks along the Illilouette over Red Peak Pass 
> and down the Merced tributary.  And then from Merced to Vogelsang and 
> Tuolumne.  Any trail/snow reports along that route.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Justin West" <cjustinwest at gmail.com>
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 3:48 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] entering sierras in a week or two, thoughts?
> 
> 
>> Wondering if anyone has thoughts on what the conditions would be like to
>> get back into the Sierras in a week or two at Trail pass heading north.
>> still early?  still dangerous river crossings?  still getting in before 
>> the
>> real spring alpine blooms?
>> justin
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