[pct-l] Reasonable mileage expectation?

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Bill,

Beginning your hike around Whitewater River, you’ll face considerable net
up-grade for quite a few miles – in fact, all the way up to Mission Springs
Camp where it tends to level off for a while.  How do you hike in the heat?
There have been fires in the lower part of Whitewater Canyon, and the
resulting loss of shade – plus its being in a canyon -- makes for rather
hot marching for miles.  I wouldn’t be too ambitious for mileage in that
section, but up top is better. From there it’s net downgrade all the way to
Cajon Junction.  Then – guess what? – it’s upgrade again.  Repeat endlessly
until Monument-78.

Steel-Eye

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

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On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 3:09 PM, William A. Chavez <wachavez64 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I thought I would ask what would be a reasonable mileage expectation for
> Whitewater north?  I know I can do 15 miles/day on easier terrain.  I
> understand this is very subjective but I am sure there are others on the
> forum who have hiked this area and can help me determine what might be a
> reasonable mileage goal for this area.
> Thanks
> Bill
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