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[cdt-l] back from 2001 hike
Hey Jonathan...thanks for sharing your pictures with me and the others at Monte's house last week. Too bad I couldn't stay longer. I'm really looking forward to my trip next summer and will keep your name handy incase I have any questions. Good luck getting settled back into things. Jen
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>From: Jonathan Ley
>Reply-To: cdt-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>To: cdt-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: [cdt-l] back from 2001 hike
>Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:21:50 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hi all,
>Well, I finally made it. Let out a couple "wahoo's!"
>and hung with the boys at Antelope Wells. I'm back on
>the list. Are there any other 2001'ers out there?
>(there are only a handfull anyway & a bunch of them
>are still hiking). I hope to provide as much info as
>I can to 2002 hikers (but I'm not going to subscribe
>to that other list). If anyone out there has any
>questions about anything, I'm pretty fresh off the
>trail... I plan to post some unsolicitied advice/info
>as well. A few tidbits:
>
>I started on June 15th & had no problems with existing
>snowpack up north. The snow was about 60-70% of
>normal. I only needed an ice-axe for about 20 yards
>of crossing the Ahern Drift - chopped steps, etc.
>That's a short distance, but there's really no way
>around it & it would be very dangerous to cross in
>early season without one. Of course, you could take
>another (official) route through GNP and avoid the
>drift altogether.
>
>I'd recommend using the CDTS/Jim Wolf guidebooks,
>especially if you're headed south. There are a few
>places where the other guidebooks WILL get you lost -
>There simply isn't enough detail in them & the trail
>is unmarked in those places. It would help to have a
>good topo map for those bits, but the trail isn't
>always on those either...
>
>I had pretty decent weather the whole way. Plenty of
>thunderstorms in July/August, but they never lasted
>long. I got lucky & had no lightning in the few places
>in MT/ID where cover is miles away in any direction.
>Got 8 inches of snow in No. Colorado on Sept 8th, but
>it was a fluke somewhat & cleared. I just got out of
>the San Juans before a nasty cold front came through
>around Oct 10-12th (I think). I talked to someone a
>week behind me & he had knee-deep snow there. yikes!
>
>In NM, I followed the CDTS route to Grants, then made
>my own route to pie town (more details later), had no
>problems hitching to reserve - plenty of traffic. The
>trails in the northern Gila are not good. There is a
>designated route along the divide (which I followed
>for a little while), but it appears to be nothing more
>than tree blazes - 0 tread & lots of nasty
>bushwhacking & no water. I followed the Gila river
>for longer than most do & it was a treat, although my
>exact route would probably be impassable in the
>spring. I had no problems with water in any of NM.
>My water either came from towns/businesses/hunters or
>stock tanks. The lack of surface water in the fall in
>NM didn't matter. I hiked about 27-30 mpd in NM and
>had a max capacity of 4 liters, although I rarely
>needed it. Weather in NM was 60-75 & p/c skies
>generally. Very pleasant for walking.
>
>-Jonathan
>pct 99
>cdt 01 <--- yeah!
>
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