GCT / 10 Lakes loop
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 8:56 am
I'm thinking of coming down and doing this loop starting next week, like June 22 give or take. I'd actually like to do 10 Lakes first, so my tentative plan is to go in at Murphy Creek with camps at 10 Lakes Basin, Harden Lake/White Wolf, Pate Valley, and somewhere high in the GCT.
My questions:
1. Snowpack in 10 Lakes Basin? Patchy on the pass and north slopes okay, vast snowfields not.
2. Backpacker camping at Harden or White Wolf?
3. Camps high in GCT for the last night?
4. Are mosquitoes really that bad this early in the season? Any particular location? I will change plans rather than be followed by clouds of mosquitoes.
Looks like permits are available for midweek out of Murphy Creek so I hope I'm okay for getting that on arrival in the area. Fallback if this plan has problems is Hetch Hetchy. I'm driving down from northern Oregon. Any comments appreciated.
My questions:
1. Snowpack in 10 Lakes Basin? Patchy on the pass and north slopes okay, vast snowfields not.
2. Backpacker camping at Harden or White Wolf?
3. Camps high in GCT for the last night?
4. Are mosquitoes really that bad this early in the season? Any particular location? I will change plans rather than be followed by clouds of mosquitoes.
Looks like permits are available for midweek out of Murphy Creek so I hope I'm okay for getting that on arrival in the area. Fallback if this plan has problems is Hetch Hetchy. I'm driving down from northern Oregon. Any comments appreciated.