Sticky Re: Water Crossings in Y2023
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Regarding the South Fork Kings, my All Trails map shows a couple of alternate crossing routes.? One well before the main crossing staying east and then another shortly before the main crossing.? I'm not sure if the latter is the same one I used last summer, but it was a good log crossing a reasonably short distance upstream.? ?It was the day after an all night and morning rainstorm in early August and the water was much higher than what it was in 2017.? ?Some had used an area downstream, but it didn't look doable by the time I got there. A few of us who had gathered to contemplate what to do went up and located the log that another hiker had described.? It was an easy and relatively safe alternative.? The water was rushing just below the log so all, but one of the group shinnied across it.? The one who walked it was fine, but if he had slipped it would likely not have ended well. Attached is a? photo of the main crossing looking north. It was worse than the photo even depicts. Curt On Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 1:57 PM John Ladd <johnladd@...> wrote: There is an alternate crossing of South Fork Kings. On the JMT, stay to east of main crossing and hike north (if southbound). Maybe the Rangers will post something. A woman died there in our laast wet year (2017?) |
