[pct-l] Winter hiking.

[Gail Van Velzer]

We started our thru-ride on January 1st last year and the weather was 
perfect.  We were prepared to go around the Laguna Mountains if necessary 
due to weather, but it ended up that it was perfect!  We did miss an area 
north of Idylwild for 2 reasons.  The fire closure makes it dangerous to do 
with horses because of the extreme altitude gain if we used Devil's Slide 
trail.  We found a way to use another road, camp at the top, go back to 
where the trail joins Devil's Slide, then continue on to Snow Creek the next 
day.  We couldn't do this because a storm came in during our window, so we 
just picked up at Snow Creek and continued north.  We were able to complete 
the Big Bear area without snow.  We also skipped a lot of areas in Angeles 
Crest only because we've ridden these many times before and picked up at Mt. 
Gleason.  It was at North Fork that I had my accident, so now that my horse 
and I are healed, we plan to continue this Fall from North Fork and get 
through to Kennedy Meadows.  We'll pick up north of there when the snow 
melts in the spring/summer, depending on the weather.  Hope this helps.
Golly
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Roth" <jroth2353 at gmail.com>
To: <Pct-L at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 8:33 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Winter hiking.


> We're sectioning and would like to hike this winter in S. Ca. There must 
> be
> a sizeable section without snow. Any suggestions?
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