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Mar 15, 2012 at 3:10 pm #1854378
Duane,
We hiked 13 miles on a day hike. The snow was very light. The road up from Mammoth Mountain Inn to the pass is maintained for cross country skiing, so the early hiking was on packed snow. Once you cross the pass, the road descends with southern exposure, so it was clear of snow, although frozen runoff from the afternoon before made for tricky ice patches across the road. From Agnew Campground the snow was about 18", but the combination of few travelers, the underlying trail, some southern exposure, etc made it reasonable in boots. We went out to the Shadow lake trail junction and back.
Mar 15, 2012 at 5:27 pm #1854457"Duane,
We hiked 13 miles on a day hike. The snow was very light. The road up from Mammoth Mountain Inn to the pass is maintained for cross country skiing, so the early hiking was on packed snow."
Actually that was me asking John, but thanks for the info. :)
Duane, sorry to hear your Yosemite trip isn't going to work out. Evidently Mammoth is getting dumped on with snow this week, so there should be plenty for my first winter backpacking experience. lol
Mar 20, 2012 at 5:07 pm #1856800Here is a link to the post trip report:
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