Adrian,
Sleeping low can translate into muddy wet buggy options early in the season and in high snow year.
Crossing early can be challenging when it comes to high snow as well, because there are far more crossings on your way than you can tackle early. Just not enough hours in the day and when moving slower.
Karina Bezkrovnaia
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On Mar 17, 2023, at 04:15, Lange Jorstad via groups.io <langejorstad@...> wrote:
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Bearing in mind that sleeping low in a valley is actually colder due to temperature inversion as the dense colder air sinks and settles there…
On 17 Mar 2023, at 4:24 am, Adrian <adrianlee3@...> wrote:
?"...the water rose? more than when we started."?
The "SCS" that I think most of us follow in the back country:? Sleep low (warmer), Cross early (avoid high water), Summit early (avoid thunderstorms).