[pct-l] Re: Glacier re-route

[mara at jeffress.net (Mara Jeffress)]

Tasha,

To hitch from Chelan (the town on the other side of the lake from 
Stehekin) to Steven's Pass is missing an entire section, over 100 miles 
of trail!  It is the Napeequa River which many say is impassible and 
the forest service says is extremely dangerous.  If you decide you want 
to avoid the Napeequa  without missing the entire re-route, then follow 
my alt route below:

The part I am talking about skipping is about 20 trail miles (between 
Trinity and White River Falls) and only about  a mile N to S (if you 
hitch, 0 if you walk at least that mile S on the road...i.e you can 
still skip it and still say you walked from  Canada to Mexico  N to 
S...although the purists will kill me for suggesting it!).  If you 
really want to be a purist you can walk the whole way (adds about 10 
miles).  You will still do the majority of the reroute wither way.

Here it is:
Walk from Stehekin to Trinity on PCT and official Glacier re-route,  
then walk or hitch (hard to hitch, I imagine, except on the weekend) 
following FS Road #62/Chiwawa Road south around Chiwawa ridge.  Near 
the end, the road swings SW towards Wenatchee lake and is then called 
Meadow Creek Road/FS Road #62.  It is ~22 mi from Trinity to Lake 
Wenatchee State Park.  At Lake Wenatchee State Park go right at the T 
intersection.  It is called White River Road further up but may have a 
different name as it follows the north shore of Lake Wenatchee.  Follow 
White River Road to White RIver Falls Camp Ground to rejoin the 
official Glacier re-route (Indian Creek) for ~11 miles before it joins 
the official PCT only ~28 miles north of Steven's Pass.

I hope that was clear.  I am still kind of groggy from being sick this 
week.  Please ask if you need clarification.  A map of the area should 
reveal what I am talking about.


Are you still planning to leave from Manning next week?

HYOH.

Best of luck!
Mara

On Jun 2, 2005, at 3:44 PM, Tasha Wyatt wrote:

> Hi Mara,
>
> Thanks for the info!  I had also contacted the Forest service and
> while they did not confirm, they made it sound like it would be not
> well maintained, besides the fords!  I believe the way described to
> hitch was to take the ferry from stehekin to whatever city is on the
> other side of the lake and hitch to Skykomish from there.   Is there a
> better route than the detour described for horses?  What is the fire
> road that you mention for the area around the ridge?
>
> Thanks for all of your responses and help!
>
> tasha
>