by Ned Tibbits | Mar 6, 2023 | Mtn Edu
2023 PCT Thru-Hikers, March starters: Hazardous Weather concerns…Whether you start on your Permit Date or wait and see what happens, this is what is going on. You must decide what you’re willing to expose yourself to. The Storm Door remains open, as you...
by Ned Tibbits | Mar 6, 2023 | Mtn Edu
When are the dangerous seasons of time when it’s not safe to be in the Sierra? Predicting the weather, much less the typical time frames when it may do “this” or “that” is like watching a bubble floating on a creek, it moves all over the...
by Ned Tibbits | Mar 6, 2023 | Mtn Edu
A good friend of mine asked me this morning, what do I recommend aspiring thru-hikers do to avoid the dangers of snow-hiking? Recognizing that snow can fall on the trail in the Sierra every month of the year, the answer came down to one of Timing Strategy, as...
by Ned Tibbits | Mar 6, 2023 | Mtn Edu
What makes snow, in and of itself, so dangerous to snow-hikers? It is obviously cold (it’s frozen water). The more of yourself you expose to it, the colder you get, leading to hypothermia and death, at the worst, and frostbite (localized soft tissue necrosis)...
by Ned Tibbits | Mar 6, 2023 | Mtn Edu
A small, 2023 creek-crossing Primer for thaw-fed Sierra creeks: I have added a new subset term to my quantitative references to the Sierra snowpack. There have been “drought,” “normal,” and “heavy” winters, but I must add, now, the...
by Mountain Education | Feb 24, 2023 | Mtn Edu
PCT ’23, Snow Hiking Safety Virtual Google Meetups: Friday, 2/24 at 6pm PST Saturday, 2/25 at 10am PST Sunday 2/25 at 10am PST More snow is falling in the mountains of Southern California and along the famous Pacific Crest Trail! PCT thru-hikers with the first...
