[pct-l] Castle Crags north starting 23-25 July?

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I read some PCT trail journals today and it sounds like a lot of  
hikers were having success hiking from Fish Lake Resort in Oregon  
SOBO to Old Station. There has been snow, but they've been able to  
manage. So I think by July 25 you should be okay. You won't have an  
entirely snow-free hike, but you'll probably do okay. And my guess is  
that the mosquitoes will be hellish. Mosquito-geddon. Bring a big can  
of spray-on deet and a headnet you can actually see through when the  
sun shines on it otherwise your pictures of Oregon will be the only  
way you'll see any of it.


On Jul 12, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> I have been planning to start north from Castle Crags on 23 or 25  
> July.
> Does anyone have any feeling for whether the trail through to  
> Ashland will
> be clear, or mostly clear  of snow by then?  Also, anyone else  
> starting
> north from Crystal Crags around then?  I plan taking Amtrak from  
> Los Angeles
> (near where I live) to Dunsmuir.
>
>
>
> My plans are to continue on to Cascade Locks.  I am an experienced and
> reasonably strong backpacker, and hope/need to average 20 miles per  
> day
> between Crystal Crags and Cascade Locks (I did Tuolumne to Crystal  
> Crags
> averaging that last summer).  Is this realistic given the  
> conditions this
> year?  Also, are mosquitoes likely to be horrendous?   Any info  
> that anyone
> can provide now, and during the next couple of weeks, will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
>
> -          Blue Feather