Thanks for the info. Surely we must prepare for the rains.
I have limited experience with backpacking in the rain. Last year in early September I backpacked in Alaska Talkeetna mountains for a week. Only had two hours of sunshine the whole trip. After the first day it rained all the way to the last day. Fortunately in the most heavy rainy nights we stayed in huts built by Alaska Alpine Club, so we actually had only two nights of camping in the rain.?
September is my preferred month. The earlier season daily
afternoon thunderstorms, mosquitoes, snow and high water are
usually gone.?
There is the possibility of a tropical storm passing through
which brings significant rain like last year, or just a couple of
days of rain.
It starts getting colder later in September with nights going
below 20 deg F and there may be snow.
On 3/12/2024 8:16 AM, Jingbo Ni wrote:
I finally get a permit for backpacking JMT SOBO from Lyell Canyon
to Mt Whitney! ?
My trip will be from 8/23 to 9/15(hopefully will
be finished a few days earlier). A friend told me that the
Sierra weather may be unstable in September, especially in
Whitney area. I have backpacked in Sierra in the last week of
September in 2022 and 2023 (Thousand Island & Yosemite) and
the weather was perfect in those trips. But I am not sure how it
would be in high Sierra mountains. May I get some information
from you JMT veterans? Thanks!
--
Frank
