[pct-l] Start time

[CClark]

So the only time we can get time off work is from mid June to mid August.  Yet we are very eager to hike SoCal [either Sections A-B-D or D-E-F] because we have completed all the other sections of the PCT except those six. 

Would we be really foolish to try to complete D-E-F between about June 14 to July 4? We are old, but we are still able to hike 20 miles a day carrying a full load of water.

Is the water report still being updated that late in the season? 

C Clark



On Feb 3, Gary wrote:
Message: 19
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:36:40 -0600 (CST)
From: gary_schenk at verizon.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Start time


Yesterday we were hiking at elevations over 7000' near Gorman. There was a thin layer of snow on north facing slopes. There was a snow flurry in the afternoon that was quite dry. Any snow that we saw will be gone in a couple of days. Friends report that there's very little snow on Mt. San Antonio, 10,064', and from the foothills, I can't see any snow in the San Gabriels. A couple of weeks ago we were at Sulphur Springs CG in the San Gabriels, it was dry as a bone for snow and water. Last month we saw just a tiny bit of stagnant water in Crowther Canyon near I-15.

IMHO, unless winter really roars in February and March, a May 1 start will be a little late for water.

Gary