NOBOS: 6/30 Sonora Pass

Interesting. I was just south of Sonora Pass the weekend before and saw a good number of NOBOs, also. I thought they were ahead of schedule since there wasn't much snow this spring. In a typical year, Tioga pass (the road) opens Memorial Day. So getting through the High Sierra and to Sonora Pass by the end of June seems challenging. But so does hiking at the Canadian border in October…

Needless to say, *I* won't be doing a through hike!

Somebody spelled out "1007" with rocks at the crossing of a creek 10 miles or so south of the pass. So that's 1/3 of the way (I assume that's the mileage on the PCT; yep, just looked it up and it's 1018 miles to the pass). Stats at pcta.org seem to support the "Sonora Pass by 4th of July" rule of thumb.

P.S. You must be the same Paul Wagner who has the "backpackthesierra" web site. I happened across that when researching my trip and enjoyed reading your trip reports. Thanks!

HI Bill

Yep. That's me! Thanks fore the kind words.

And no, I don't think I'll be doing the PCT in a single year, either!

> They were also really looking forward to the food (and showers) they were expecting at Sonora Pass.

I forgot to comment on this line: These hikers are going to be really disappointed when they get there and find out that the Sonora Pass Resort has been closed for years now.

Most of them were getting a ride into town for the evening…and showers.

Sonora Pass resort? Where is that? Kennedy Meadows is still open…