I'll be doing the Sierra High Route this summer. I moved the trip much earlier this year due to the extremely (record) low snow year.
Do folks think there will still be plenty of water up high in late June and early July, given the low snowpack?
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Record Low Snow Year – Water in the Sierras?
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There will be water up high…just not as much as usual. IT's a very strange year. Snow level right now in Yosemite is 8500 feet. That's normal,…for about June.
There are lakes everywhere in the high sierras. The lakes don't dry up. I was out in kings canyon for 10 days in august 2013. Most of the small streams were dry but the all the major creeks were flowing. There were some sections where I should have carried 2 liters and went a little thirsty with 1 liter.
Be grateful the mosquitoes are gone.
"There were some sections where I should have carried 2 liters and went a little thirsty with 1 liter."
In my experience, this has been the rule for Summer hiking in both wet and dry years just about everywhere i've been in the Sierra.
Thanks for the input. It's what I figured. I know going late June and early July means more bugs, but I bet they'll be a lot less than normal with much less water. I enjoy the landscape more when there are still some patches of snow, and even in this year hopefully there will be a few pockets remaining this early in the summer.
At least river crossings won't be treacherous!
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