[pct-l] Last snow in the Sierras

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon,  Craig,

Thru-hike aspirants watch this series of charts carefully – perhaps for
want of something else to do while waiting a late-April start.

I’d say, on the average, mid-March results will pretty well define the
season.  Stuff can happen due to a late-season blast, but such is mostly an
inconvenience of knee-deep fluff in the  San Jacinto rather than anything
that significantly bends the snowpack chart of the Sierra; particularly
since the “S. Sierra” chart turf is 700 trail-miles from the border.

Another reliable series of charts for the entire three-state trail can be
viewed at:  http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/westsnow.pl

Enjoy your planning,

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/


On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Craig Giffen <cg at lunky.com> wrote:

> Ah thanks, somehow I missed this.  So it looks like by mid March you can
> pretty much know and that the surprises are out of the way.
>
> CG
>
>
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> On Jul 20, 2012, at 12:30 PM, CHUCK CHELIN wrote:
>
> Good afternoon,  Craig,
>
> By examining the graphics available at:
> http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/snowapp/swcchart.action
>
> One can see bumps in the curves that denote snowfall points.  After
> viewing and digesting all that, pick a date by rolling some dice.
>
> Enjoy your planning,
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/
>
>
>