B2:
Oldranger has it right (though I insist we're not old -- don't know why he'd choose a name like that...). Late August/September would be great to hike the JMT. Not impossible you'd get some snow early September, but as long as you've got a couple of days extra food to hang out, it'll almost certainly melt. In the 80s, it was not uncommon to get these huge rain/hurricane systems that would mean you'd have to hunker down for as long as 3 days, but they don't seem to happen as often now.
Anyway, a great time to hike. We just had a semi-solid snow storm (October 4th) which left 5" to drifts of 2 feet above 10,000 feet (deepest on passes). It's melting rapidly as I came out (though passes will likely remain gnarly for a week or so -- maybe even from now on). But I can't think of storms like that in September in the past.
Send me a note as you get closer, maybe we can rendezvous.
take care,
g.
JMT in September?
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Re: JMT in September?
Hi, George, and thanks for checking in! You bet: if we can arrange a rendezvous, we'll certainly give it a try! You can answer the one questions nobody else addressed: when do the SEKI backcountry rangers pack up and leave?
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Re: JMT in September?
Thanks for posting the report, B.
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Is this your ultralighter from Day 13? http://trailgirl.blogspot.com/ We saw her on Forester Pass in '05.
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Yup, that's Catra! Quite a sight in the backcountry!
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Yeah, ever since we saw her, I've been trying to figure out how I could get a bit more class into my bp'ing persona.
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