[pct-l] Ocean Views from the PCT?

[James Green]

You can definitely see the Pacific Ocean from the top of Baden Powell on
most days. I live in Wrightwood and climb that trail often.



On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Judson Brown <judsonwb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Definitely cannot from any part of Oregon. Intervening coast ranges get in
> the way. Not to mentioned haze. Most of the time you can't even see the
> Cascades from the Willamette Valley.
>
>
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 7:48 AM, <gary_schenk at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >  On 04/30/14, harwoodcreek at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > The ocean for which the trail is named is rarely visible from the route.
> I
> > figure it can probably be seen from the San Gabriels, which I haven't yet
> > traveled, and Puget Sound is probably visible in Washington State. I've
> > seen coastal fog and a break in the mountains at three places: south of
> > Chihuahua Valley Road (Trail Angel Mike) in San Diego County; at the
> > trail's westernmost point, south of Huckleberry Mountain above the
> Klamath;
> > and in the southern Oregon Cascades looking west to the Umpqua Valley.
> >  Who's had actual sea views, and where?
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > Mt. Pacifico, obviously, along with Baden-Powell and much of the Angeles
> > Crest area. It has to be a very clear day, of course. When it is clear,
> the
> > most amazing views are to be had: Mt San Jacinto, Mt. San Gorgonio,
> > Telescope Peak, El Paso Mtns, Tehachapis, Great Western Divide and the
> High
> > Sierra at Mt. Whitney.
> >
> > Gary
> >
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