[pct-l] Northern California/Oregon Section Hike Suggestions

[Scott Williams]

Great Pictures and articles!  Now that's the Trinities!  And yes, you need
much more than 2 weeks.

Shroomer

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Gosh, Deems - your pictures bring back memories of great journeys I've had
> in the Trinities. Guess I will have to return. As Schroomer says, you don't
> see that from the PCT. Your pictures are wonderful.
> MendoRider-Hiker
>
>    *From:* Deems <losthiker at sisqtel.net>
> *To:* pct <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 25, 2012 6:10 AM
> *Subject:* [pct-l] Northern California/Oregon Section Hike Suggestions
>
> I've hiked the Trinity Alps since 1985, and it's my favorite local
> wilderness area.  I'd hate to have only 2 weeks to try to explore it in
> detal,  I probably won't live long enough to see it all!  Here's a few
> links
> to good photo websites that I've found that show the beauty of the Trinity
> Alps. You can also see the Russians, and Marbles within these galleries,
> which the PCT passes through.  Billy Goat told me his favorite PCT section
> is I-5 to Seiad Valley.
> http://www.summitpost.org/trinity-alps/307625
> http://kendecampphotography.com/
> http://www.pbase.com/losthiker/the_trinity_alps_wilderness
> ~~~
> Just to expand a bit more, if you've hiked the Trinity section of the PCT
> you only glimpsed the actual "alps" from a great distance, not even as
> close as you get to Rainier, another great mountain that you really don't
> get to experience on the PCT.  But hiking into the Trinity Alps themselves
> is incredible.  Don't think you've really seen them from the PCT, and
> anybody who loved that section, which I totally do, should take a week or
> two to explore them in detail.  They are craggy and grand just like the
> High Sierra and WA Cascades, only a smaller mountain range in total.  Like
> the Olympics in WA, it's one of the few places in America where you have
> tundra and Alpine habitat so close to an ocean.
>
> Shroomer
>
>
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