Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Section L - Rainy Pass to Manning Park
Sep 05, 2010
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DrGui
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last modified
Sep 05, 2010 09:38 PM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Section L - Rainy Pass to Manning Park
- Region: North Cascades
- Trails: Pacific Crest Trail Section L - Rainy Pass to Manning Park (#2000)
- Avg Rating: 3.50
- Hiking Companions
- Hiked with a dog
- Why You Should Go Now
- Wildflowers blooming
- Fall foliage
- Ripe berries
One of the streams in the forest
With 60+% chance of rain, we thought we'll try to escape it by moving to a drier section of Highway 20. We had no rain -- we had hail showers and snow flakes between sections of warming sun shine.
Park at the TH, reasonably full but still slots in the parking lot. Started to head up the trail and meet many hikers coming down that looked miserable and were bundled up. I only wore a REI Polyester/Spandex undershirt for the entire hike and was quite comfortable (Is it my Nordic blood, my ancestors crossed the Atlantic in open boats remember?). Several light hail showers while going through the forest and when we hit the alpine level, we started to get light snow (not sticking) with large soft snowflakes.
Berries along trail, not many [even when you went far off trail --- so it looked like a bad year and not prior harvests by hikers]. Continued until the PCT intersected the Cutthroat Lake trail and then returned. Hikers passed included a hairy dachshund -- not the usual trail dog.
Weather was constantly changing, with a light wind. Coming and going included a stop at Cascade Farms's Latte stand in Marblemount (8AM to 8PM hours are nice).
More photos at:
http://www.facebook.com/alb[…]=700341335&l=95114cdc64
Park at the TH, reasonably full but still slots in the parking lot. Started to head up the trail and meet many hikers coming down that looked miserable and were bundled up. I only wore a REI Polyester/Spandex undershirt for the entire hike and was quite comfortable (Is it my Nordic blood, my ancestors crossed the Atlantic in open boats remember?). Several light hail showers while going through the forest and when we hit the alpine level, we started to get light snow (not sticking) with large soft snowflakes.
Berries along trail, not many [even when you went far off trail --- so it looked like a bad year and not prior harvests by hikers]. Continued until the PCT intersected the Cutthroat Lake trail and then returned. Hikers passed included a hairy dachshund -- not the usual trail dog.
Weather was constantly changing, with a light wind. Coming and going included a stop at Cascade Farms's Latte stand in Marblemount (8AM to 8PM hours are nice).
More photos at:
http://www.facebook.com/alb[…]=700341335&l=95114cdc64
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Clouds and snow showers impacted views
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Dr.Gui with the mother of all pack boards (Trapper Nielsen). At one time this was the ONLY pack board/framed pack available from REI.
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Then periods of sun
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