[pct-l] MID MARCH hike

[Charles Williams]

Patti or Lynn,
I live in Quincy (right inbetween Sierra City and Chester)  and I can tell you there's a little bit of snow in town right now at 3500 feet.  The PCT is quite a bit higher through most of this area and would have significant snow nearly the entire way from Hwy 49 to Hwy 36.  
 
The notable  exceptions would be the descent into the Middle Fork of the Feather River and the climb up the other side.   But it would be difficult to acces the snow free area there without traveling on roads that are all snowbound right now.  The other exception is the Belden area (hwy 70) but thanks to a steep climb in either direction, you would only be able to do a day hike before ascending to snow.
 
In short, go to LA and hike there in March.
 
Charles

--- On Fri, 3/1/13, Patti McCarthy or Lynn Shapiro <mcshap at roadrunner.com> wrote:


From: Patti McCarthy or Lynn Shapiro <mcshap at roadrunner.com>
Subject: [pct-l] MID MARCH hike
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Date: Friday, March 1, 2013, 2:59 PM


Hello All
We're section hikers and have a big celebration/break  mid-March that can give us a few days on the trail. I know generally speaking hiking the section of Central/Northern Cali in mid-March is crazy, but I heard the snow was light this year and was wondering if anyone knew what that area was like now. Any section between Sierra City/Hwy 49 to Chester/Hwy 36 will do. I'm going to be in the Chico area and would rather hit the trail early up there, then our alternative of driving towards home and picking a section in So Cal. 

Thank you for any info!
Patti   (No trail name yet, still new to the trail but lovin' it!)
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