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Sticky Re: Water Crossings in Y2023

 

The log was quite substantial and well placed, meaning, if memory serves, not partially crossing or at an angle with one end low in the bank.? It was large enough to walk on and just small enough to straddle, like sitting on a horse.

That said, water is amazingly powerful and in the high flow I saw it was just above the water level so I could see it being taken out if this year's run off is sudden with a warm rainstorm or something?like that.

I wasn't really in the mindset of dealing with a difficult crossing last year, so didn't even consider the upstream alternative, but given that it doesn't add much distance, if I had any doubts I would just go that way.

Curt


On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 1:56 AM Lange Jorstad via <langejorstad=[email protected]> wrote:
How permanent did that log look, Curt? Something that might be there more than one season? I crossed the tributaries a couple miles north and took the east side in 2017, so I never laid eyes on the trail crossing. I passed by there just five days before Strawberry was found in the river downstream of the trail crossing, rest her soul. I may have even crossed paths with her on the trail. If only she knew about the alternate…


On 20 Mar 2023, at 8:59 am, Curt Kinchen <ptcurt@...> wrote:

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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?)

Headed to exit at Roads End down Woods Creak, look for a log crossing downstream from the former bridge ssitge.
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