[pct-l] Powerhouse Fire route

[Marian Harmon]

I think that's accurate. The map on the PCTA site (Option 3 for the
Powerhouse Fire closure) is dated May 2013. Still, that's the most recent
information on the website, so people may still consider that a viable
option. At any rate, I still don't recommend anyone hike down via Godde
Pass (Godde Rd) to get to the open aqueduct or as a bypass to the closed
area. I don't even see why anyone would want to take Munz Ranch down to the
aqueduct, either. There are a lot of other water sources available in the
area, natural, private and retail. Honestly, taking the aqueduct that far
(Via Godde or Munz) will just make what many already dread (the covered
aqueduct walk from Neenach) just that much more miserable. Taking ELR/Pine
Canyon to the PCT will be the most enjoyable option for the time being,
IMO.

I also don't foresee the area being open after 2/28, either. I agree that
it will likely be closed all year.



On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 5:14 AM, <enyapjr at comcast.net> wrote:

> FWIW, before this gets too far out of hand - regarding "Godde Pass", the
> current alternate route via the "aqueduct" does NOT go that way! - the PCTA
> link is to a map that shows the 'panic' alternate routing the day after the
> Powerhouse Fire started - now that the fire is long extinguished, the PCT
> is open between Bouquet Canyon Road & San Francisquito Canyon Road...  For
> the current aqueduct 'option', one would take San Francisquito Canyon Rd.
> NE, then Elizabeth Lake Rd. N & NW, then Munz Ranch Rd. to the N,
> intersecting the aqueduct 'road' at 34.6877, -118.3848 (NOT at
> 34.6206,-118.2335 on Godde Hill Rd, which is ~10 miles ESE of the Munz
> Ranch Rd. point).
>