[pct-l] Subject: Snow on Goat Rocks?

[ambery-80243 at mypacks.net]

Contrary to popular belief, this was not a low snow year in the Goat Rocks, and for some reason even with the warm weather this summer it was hanging on pretty late.  The PCT is basically snow free now, but there is still snow on the slopes heading to Old Snowy from the south.  The knife-edge ridge is snow free.


Subject:  Snow on Goat Rocks
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>I haven’t been up in that area in a while but we are having an incredible warm streak in the weather here in the PNW. High 80’s low 90’s so there is probably little to no snow up there now. In a normal year the Packwood glacier may still extend over the trail 
>heading to the Knife edge from Old Snowy but I would hazard a guess and say not this year. 
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>Diarmaid “Irish” Harmon
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>I'll be heading out tomorrow to start from Trout Lake up and over Goat Rocks. ?Does anyone have any idea of whether there still might be snow on Goat Rocks and if so, what kind of snow? ?On the high up and over, I'm at 5,000 feet with a little 1 mile blip up over 7,000 feet. ? Thanks!
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