[pct-l] Trail section in Goat Rocks being rebuilt

[Steve Rolfe]

You can stop calling it a glacier when it stops moving under its own weight.
There are things called rock glaciers where talus and rock have so embedded
themselves or covered the surface of the glacier ice that the ice is
relatively minimal, yet they are still moving under their own weight.  These
glaciers would be in the final stages of their lives.

I hope to be hiking Goat Rocks in two weeks.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: shon mcganty [mailto:smcganty at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 1:07 PM
To: William Canavan; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trail section in Goat Rocks being rebuilt

Great work!  And great pictures.  That's one of my all time favorite places
to hike.  For hiker's who take the upper route, it's only a short detour to
scramble up Old Snowy, and there's a one-person camp site up there.
 
By the way, at what point should we stop calling it a glacier?
 

________________________________
 From: William Canavan <wecanavan at gmail.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 9:04 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Trail section in Goat Rocks being rebuilt
  

The trail section across the scree slope and the remnants of the Packwood
Glacier is being rebuilt and a wide ledge has been chopped across the steep
remaining ice.  Although the work is going to continue for another three
weeks the Packwood Glacier section is now easily crossed and avoids the
detour that goes up and around the glacier.  The trail sign at the junction
of the detour has been changed to show the trail up and around as the
'Alternate Rt'.  Thank you PCTA and US Forest Service for making this
happen!

Little Brown
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