[pct-l] Etna Summit

[walkinglarry at yahoo.com (larry hillberg)]

After watching three friends just one hundred yards
ahead get a ride in the first car going past, Flying
Dutchman and I thought we'd wait awhile.  In minutes,
we were riding in style, knees high, in the back seat
of a patrol car driven by a Captain of the California
Highway Patrol.  All is different when we're out of
the city and off the freeway.

Larry H

--- Robert Ellinwood <rellinwood@worldnet.att.net>
wrote:

> Certainly agree about  Etna.   However...
> 
> > It is a 9 mile hitch from the trailhead on a
> narrow winding road, 
> > but surprisingly there is sufficient traffic both
> ways.
> 
> In 1990, I met 3 local lads from Etna with fishing
> poles 2 days before 
> Etna Summit. They said traffic was OK during the
> week, but dead on 
> the weekends. Arriving on a weekend, from the height
> of land above the road
> I kept cranking my neck desperately looking for
> movement of a car on the
> twisting road below as I descended.  Nothing in
> sight.  Anxiety mounted...
> Reaching the road, there sat an old beaten-up pickup
> loaded with firewood
> with the engine being cooled after the climb on the
> road.  The driver
> graciously waved us over.
> 
> "Sufficient" means one car that will take you.
> 
> Dr. Bob
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
> [mailto:pct-l-
> > bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of
> Singewald
> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 2:10 AM
> > To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> > Subject: [pct-l] Etna Summit
> > 
> > Just thought I would share a bit about the current
> conditions up above
> Etna.
> > This weekend my wife and I headed north to
> snowshoe south from the Etna
> > Summit trailhead.    We found 4-5 feet of snow
> with 3-4 inches of fresh
> > stuff left on Thursday night.  It was a glorious
> day for snow travel and
> > although we didn't make it out as far as I had
> hoped it was a wonderful
> > adventure.
> > 
> > On the way back to town, we saw several of the
> monks from the monastery
> out
> > walking and also thoroughly enjoyed a fountain
> drink at the Scott Valley
> > Drug Store's old-time fountain service.  The Etna
> Brewery was closed
> during
> > January, so we missed the chance to taste the
> local brew.
> > 
> > It's amazing that Etna hasn't changed much at all
> since my last visit in
> the
> > late 70s while growing up just east of Etna.  I
> would highly recommend
> this
> > stop to all the thru's this year.  It is a 9 mile
> hitch from the trailhead
> > on a narrow winding road, but surprisingly there
> is sufficient traffic
> both
> > ways.
> > 
> > Enjoy Etna!
> > 
> > Jeff
> > Hopeful member of the Class of 2006
> > 
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