Re: All National Forest Closures Calif as of today
#Conditions
Looks like Inyo will be closed:
https://sierrawave.net/inyo-national-forest-will-be-closing-aug-30/
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ravi_jmt2013
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#74865
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Re: Hoods
What we really need is a hoodie shirt with an integral N95 respirator. #smokeisthenewnormal
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@Fredxy
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Re: All National Forest Closures Calif as of today
#Conditions
I'm looking for information on Inyo and don't see anything up on their site yet but they could be slow in updating it. I have asked on their Facebook page. I really hope it isn't true... I assume it
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ravi_jmt2013
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Re: All National Forest Closures Calif as of today
#Conditions
Forest Order not yet posted in the usual places (the most recent is the "Northern California" forest closure order), but the news is popping up from multiple sources now.
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Lange Jorstad
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Re: All National Forest Closures Calif as of today
#Conditions
Appears to be true based on other posts.
"When you see a new trail, or a footprint you do not know, follow it to the
point of knowing." - Uncheedah
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Ethan
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All National Forest Closures Calif as of today
#Conditions
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/fires/article253864053.html?fbclid=IwAR1R3KtuHNNpx0HrlqdcS0LVPjAX6xv3XS164sPVg3RB1_4Yfds6NMSAbNc
Can anyone confirm this article? Supposedly the edict came down
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Will Cronan
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Re: Hoods
You all have convinced me to give this a try. I just got an alpha direct hoodie (senchi) and need to add a light shell layer to my system. How wind resistant are these?
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Tom Kennefick
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#74859
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Re: Hoods
I buy mine a size up so that they're extra baggie. Also, because they're
from water sports, they are wicking material, dry quickly, etc. On the
flip side they provide basically no insulative
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George Schlossnagle
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#74858
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Re: Hoods
Well I'm going to have to try one. I believe that most of the UV your skin sees is from the blue sky, not directly from the sun. So something with full coverage like that makes sense. It just looks
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@Fredxy
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#74857
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Re: Hoods
Patagonia sells them (amongst many others). They're 'sun hoodies' and come
from fishing/surfing. I personally love them for keeping the sun off me.
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George Schlossnagle
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#74856
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Re: Hoods
I've been running and backpacking in sun hoodies for a year now, and I love
them. And if you search REI for sun hoody, you'll find them. I wear ones
from Patagonia and Mountain Hardware with my
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Tom Lazarovitz
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#74855
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Re: Hoods
I went with the Calinlene Cool hoody from Patagonia last JMT as well as this year.
I keeps your skin very cool and I put the hood over my trucker hat for extra shade. It’s a great shirt. Highly
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Heather Lee McCoy
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#74854
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Re: Long term parking in Mammoth
#Transportation
You can park on the main road in near the Mammoth Ski Lodge, but you must park in the areas that have signs like "A" ,"B" , "C"....... That's where all the people park going to the Devils Postpile. I
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Karl
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#74853
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Re: Hoods
I think they’ve been around for a few years but their mainstream popularity just picked up recently. I hiked JMT with an exoffico hoodie in 2019 and am sold. I work on film sets where I am often
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Miranda
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#74852
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Re: Hoods
Not sure about sun hoodies but my Outdoor Research sun runner cap has been with me on all of my Sierra Nevada hikes. Cuts down on the need for sunscreen substantially.
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ravi_jmt2013
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#74851
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Re: Hoods
Sun hoodies are a necessity on a glacier (as well as glacier sunglasses and
sunblock). They are an excellent layer for any mountain travel. Instead of
being hot, they provide shade and are actually
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Melinda Mingus
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#74850
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Re: Hoods
Tes, i seem to recall that but i’m totally fibe with that still huge Uv number. I actually sleep in it usually then wear if needed and swap out for a different sleep shirt
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Carol B <caroleb2@...>
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#74849
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Re: Hoods
Carol B, just saw this voluntary recall of sun wear products on the Patagonia website - might help explain the lack of stock:
"We recently discovered that some products in two of our sun protection
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Lange Jorstad
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#74848
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Re: Hoods
Hoodies have had a real upswing the past couple years (and especially this year). I bought one this year as it seemed like a good option for limiting sun exposure on the trail - was actually hard to
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Lange Jorstad
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Re: Long term parking in Mammoth
#Transportation
A ranger at Mammoth Lakes Welcome Center?told me to use the road-side parkings along Mammoth road before Mammoth Mountain Lodge for a long-term parking when I did a Sierra High Route from Italy pass
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Ken Toyama
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