[pct-l] Here's a Contraversial One...

[hiker at godlikebuthumble.com (Hiker)]

At 02:28 PM 2/27/05, Michael Lissner wrote:
>My question is this: What are the odds, in the esteemed, valued and 
>knowledgeable opinion of those reading this list, that I will encounter 
>long stretches of snow south of Kennedy Meadows? From what I've gathered, 
>it's possible to encounter it around San Jacinto, and even the Laguna 
>mountains, but I'm not so concerned with say a mile of snow, but rather 
>with days and days of the wet stuff. Will I hit any of that south of 
>Kennedy Meadows, and if so, where? (Bearing in mind that it's not quite 
>April yet, but that it is currently snowing along the Sierras.)

Nothing in the Lagunas.

You will probably find snow from sometime after the Pines to Palms Highway 
to Black Mtn Road in Section B, though the only places where you could 
really get lost are in the Little Tahquitz valley (map B9) and from the 
Marrion Ridge trail (map B9) intersection to Fuller ridge since you are 
following ridges the rest of the time.

You might also find snow in Section C from upper Mission Creek to Holcomb 
Crossing trail camp.

You might find snow in Section D from just below Blue Ridge to Three 
Points, and most certainly find snow in this section over Mt Baden Powell: 
many folks choose to hike this section on Hwy 2.

Good luck