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Richard, I just noticed this. This is your 5,228 post. Very prolific. Paul
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Hi Brent N., thank you for your kind words. I got out of shape lately, so I joined hiking with my friends who are training for Sierra season and trekking in overseas trail. I hiked 04/21/2024 and 04/24/2024. The snow conditions have changed signific
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Re: 2024
by Doug Sr
@ Yesterday at 06:10 AM
Several updates first snow is clearing on the south facing slopes , still snow starting long before Lone Pine Lake. Warm days at the Portal reaching near 60 degrees mid day , Gate still closed at the overflow lot and last weekend cars parked down to
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What's your date?
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I rode up past Bird Spring Pass to Wyleys Knob today... Lots of water and some (emergency?) supplies at the Pass... From Wyleys, I could see quite a bit of the PCT and didn't see any hikers... Here are a couple of photos: PCT South... P
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No, I looked to see if there were any tracks coming up.
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4/20 Trail is easy to find and no snow until you cross the north fork. Then it’s snow walking but melting out pretty quickly. Firm in the am but mushy in the pm. Postholing not terrible on the whole route. Really fun climbing in the couloir. Save y
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Hi, So I have 3 permits in med-September. My son wants to try and summit and although we have climbed Baldy and Gorgonio, I fear as a type 1 diabetic in my mide-50s, maybe I should plan to turn around before I get into the higher altitudes. However,
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