Re: Good resource for PCT section hike
From the CalFire Incident map it looks like the only portion of the PCT which was affected by the fire is from Hwy 50 to Echo Chalet. The south side of Echo lake was burned, but not the North side on
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Rick
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Re: Good resource for PCT section hike
I thought the Caldor fire got more of the PCT. Glad I thought wrong. Great map resource.
Two Dogs
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Derek Koonce
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Re: Good resource for PCT section hike
Yeah, that's been one of my concerns too.
As of Feb 9th, PCTA is showing that section as
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WanderingJim
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Re: Good resource for PCT section hike
Jim,
As you know I used to be the lead moderator for the JMT Yahoo Group for
many years. Since then I've focused on Sierra North. I have a Facebook
group of 2.4K
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Roleigh Martin
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Re: Good resource for PCT section hike
Anything along the PCT near Highway 50 may be restricted due to the Caldor fire last year. It wiped out a huge swath of the wilderness from Hwy 88 to Hwy 50.
I have been looking for dog friendly
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Derek Koonce
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Re: Good resource for PCT section hike
I have been thinking about and researching this July 2nd NOBO PCT section hike as far as Highway I-80. 3+ weeks. The dry winter has me pretty sure July 2nd from TM won't be a problem this year.
But I
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WanderingJim
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Re: Wondering if it is possible to use a Happy Isles to Illilouette wilderness permit to access Tuolumne Meadows?
That was one of the camps I was considering when I was going to use this permit approach.?
The other was up on one of the ridgelines immediately to the north - someone on High Sierra Topix had a post
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Lange Jorstad
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Re: Wondering if it is possible to use a Happy Isles to Illilouette wilderness permit to access Tuolumne Meadows?
Here's the camp I mentioned above at 37.69329,
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WanderingJim
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Re: Why this is my favorite group still
Hi John ¡sorry about that I realized after the fact!!
Thanks for allowing me to be a part of the discussion group ¡the info I gleamed from everyone has been invaluable!!
Thanks to their deep
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Bill B
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Re: Wondering if it is possible to use a Happy Isles to Illilouette wilderness permit to access Tuolumne Meadows?
That makes a lot of sense, and is what I assumed they were referring to with the ¡°from one trailhead to another trailhead¡± language, which is one of the cardinal sins of wilderness permits. It
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Lange Jorstad
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Re: Wondering if it is possible to use a Happy Isles to Illilouette wilderness permit to access Tuolumne Meadows?
That¡¯s fantastic to know ¡thanks to all of you for taking the time to explain your take on this!! I will feel 100% now leaving Happy Isles ¡.I think I stumbled into a group of ¡°Hiker Scholars
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Bill B
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Re: Wondering if it is possible to use a Happy Isles to Illilouette wilderness permit to access Tuolumne Meadows?
I believe that "backtrack" sentence from the Trailheads map may be the single most poorly written and misinterpreted? statement in all of the Parks posted information on permits and trailheads.? I
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Peter Hirst
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Re: Wondering if it is possible to use a Happy Isles to Illilouette wilderness permit to access Tuolumne Meadows?
I think the comment
misses an important point. The rule
specifies backtracking to a trailhead is what is forbidden.? I was plotting a route from Cathedral Lakes to the Pohono Trail, and realized
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Richard
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Re: Why this is my favorite group still
(You really should post a pdf of the article though, John)
My reporter friends -- some members of this group -- like to get paid and tell me that they would not appreciate it. I will soon post a
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John Ladd
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Re: Wondering if it is possible to use a Happy Isles to Illilouette wilderness permit to access Tuolumne Meadows?
On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 03:57 PM, <shubillpete@...> wrote:
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> I am just wondering if it is possible to use a Happy Isles to Illilouette
> Wilderness Permit
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Bill B
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Re: Wondering if it is possible to use a Happy Isles to Illilouette wilderness permit to access Tuolumne Meadows?
You can just go camp to Illilouette Creek, it is a great little river beach to spend the night. Then it is a short hike to Nevada falls and LYV.?
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Carlos Zenteno
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Re: Wondering if it is possible to use a Happy Isles to Illilouette wilderness permit to access Tuolumne Meadows?
So, at the trail junction where you need to keep to the left, it is all chaparral. The first place that is open enough for camping is at the red circle. the white part in the circle is an? open spot
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Re: Wondering if it is possible to use a Happy Isles to Illilouette wilderness permit to access Tuolumne Meadows?
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Bill B
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Re: Wondering if it is possible to use a Happy Isles to Illilouette wilderness permit to access Tuolumne Meadows?
Thanks everyone for your advice I really appreciate it.
If i¡¯m seeing this correctly ¡I need to hike about 1 mile on the Panorama Trail¡ Then make a left onto a spur trail and hike
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Bill B
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Re: Bears Ears pack from Nunatak
#gear
It doesn't work for everyone, like one would expect. Currently we are aware of a 7% return/resell rate.
There's a framed version ready to go, but we are too busy to list it. It could, however, be
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jan@...
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