Re: "Early" El Nino

This would explain a few things. Been raining up here in Reno pretty much every day for the last three weeks.

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I'm going to be hiking the JMT, starting July 1. It's going to be colder, more mosquitoes and more difficult stream crossings than I thought when I set the date.

What part of the JMT are you going after? I'm only going to have one hiking day this weekend (Sat) and I haven't hiked the part from Postpile up to Shadow Lake. But the weather is supposed to be really great this weekend, finally, so should be some fun, with new pics for the file.

I don't remember stream crossings being a problem on the JMT but this year with the slow melt there might be a lot of snow on the high passes.

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Old Dude

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mrcondron
I don't remember stream crossings being a problem on the JMT but this year with the slow melt there might be a lot of snow on the high passes.

In '05 the log across Minaret Creek was broken in two so I had to stop there. That was first day of summer. It will be interesting to see how things up there are four years later with a halfway decent snow pack.

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Vince

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mrcondron
I don't remember stream crossings being a problem on the JMT but this year with the slow melt there might be a lot of snow on the high passes.

In '05 the log across Minaret Creek was broken in two so I had to stop there. That was first day of summer. It will be interesting to see how things up there are four years later with a halfway decent snow pack.

Yes, I've been following the Yahoo JMT Forum. Several posters have done the JMT numerous times at different times of the year. They predict the stream crossings to be "brutal". I saw a video that one guy took crossing, I think Bear Creek. The water was up to their waists.

Jon

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Vince
What part of the JMT are you going after?

The whole thing. I'm very excited about it. Have wanted to do it since I was a kid, and finally everything worked out so I can take 3 weeks and do it.

Jon

Jon, the one I've always heard of is Evolution.
I'm sure by the time you get to it you will have too...

Have a great trip and enjoy the snowy passes!

(I'll do the JMT again when I am Mike's age when he did it...)
(He'll be doing it again with me then... vicariously or spiritiually)

Thanks Bill! I'm sure I will.

Evolution, huh? OK, I'll be looking for that one.

Jon

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sierranomad

Evolution, huh? OK, I'll be looking for that one.

Jon

How was Evolution flowing? How full was Thomas Edison?
Did you see Florence Lake or get restocked at Muir Trail Ranch?

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Vince
This would explain a few things. Been raining up here in Reno pretty much every day for the last three weeks.

I think it was just waiting for me to be camping before it would end.