[pct-l] advice on california section hike

[DayLate07 .]

 Anna, if your start time is fixed I would recommend starting North of LA
(say Aqua Dulce or Tehachapi) and heading north from there.   You could fly
into LA and take a bus or train connection from there pretty easily, I
would then add Oregon onto my plans.  It is easier getting out from Cascade
locks than the CA boarder.

You would not be hitting much of the desert heat that way and you  would
get to do Oregon at a really nice time of year.  Parts of Southern Cal in
July are going to be Miserable while Oregon in the fall is going to be
wonderful.   And those southern parts will still be there if/when you come
back, so you could pick a more favorable time to do them.

Day-Late




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> > my boyfriend and I are coming from Europe this summer to do the
> California portion of the PCT (Campo to Ashland area). Our planned start
> date is around the 25th of June, and we want to be finished around the
> beginning of September.  We are still undecided about whether we do NOBO or
> SOBO. We are considering which option would be best for crossing the
> Sierra?s in the least snowy conditions as possible, and the best for
> avoiding the hottest part of the year in the SoCal deserts. I fear, we will
> not be able to avoid the heat of the desert considering our window of time,
> but I would like to get some advice from experienced PCT hikers on which
> (NOBO or SOBO) they would choose and why.
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