[pct-l] Fwd: from PCT section hiker who needs help

[metam01 at earthlink.net (Monty Tam)]

Thanks Greg 

I could use some help on this one too.  I was planning on May 7 or 8 by
Bayton Powel?Wrightwood.

OR

Will there be a trail blazed through the Fuller ridge area end of April???

Thanks

Warner Springs Monty.


> [Original Message]
> From: <Bighummel@aol.com>
> To: <pct-l@backcountry.net>
> Cc: <joph@piedmontbsa.org>
> Date: 4/12/2005 11:26:27 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] Fwd: from PCT section hiker who needs help
>
> Dear list and the Sth Calif. backpackers group, 
>
> Can any of you help Jo out with local recent info on the snow in the San 
> Gabriels / Mt. Baden Powell?  I can still see about a 1,000 feet of snow
coverage 
> from the south facing side, meaning that the north facing side probably
has a 
> lot more.  By late April things are likely to change greatly depending
upon 
> the weather here in Sth Calif.  We have had a long string of warm days
recently 
> so, drip, drip, drip.  
>
> Greg
>
> In a message dated 4/12/2005 10:40:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> joph@piedmontbsa.org writes:
> Greg-
>  
> You probably donâ??t remember me but last year you provided some info
when my 
> husband and I did a section hike of the first 300 miles of the PCT. I am 
> writing now because I have a question about snow conditions in So. Cal
(specifically 
> in sect D). I tried to post the following message to the Southern
California 
> group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/so_california_backpackers) but was
unable 
> to get through yahoo for some reason. I was wondering if you belong to
that 
> group if you would be willing to post the question for me and cc me on
the 
> message, or alternatively, perhaps you could direct me to someone who
would have 
> more info?
>  
> Any help you can give would be greatly appreciatedâ??we were planning to
leave 
> Lake Baldwin next week on April 22 and hike to Tehachapi Pass by May 7,
but 
> may have to reconsider if Mt Baden Powell is impassable.
>  
> Here is the message:
>  
> Hi, I am visiting your group from Northern California and the PCT- list
serve 
> looking for conditions and advice on the 30 odd miles of Pacific Crest
Trail 
> above 7000 feet in the Mt. Baden Powell Area (section D). My husband, son
and 
> I are planning a (300 mile) section hike at the end of April and have
just 
> discovered there may be as much as 12 feet of snow there currently. Have
any of 
> you traveled through that section recently? We would rather not be the
first 
> through and are considering postponing our leave date, which will be
problematic 
> for the desert section, which follows. Any help you can provide would be 
> greatly valued.
>  
> Thanks
> >From a fellow hiker from the North (Jo)